Donald Carcieri
| Donald Carcieri | |
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| 73rd Governor of Rhode Island | |
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In office January 7, 2003 – January 4, 2011 |
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| Lieutenant |
Charles Fogarty Eilzabeth Roberts |
| Preceded by | Lincoln Almond |
| Succeeded by | Lincoln Chafee |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 16, 1942 East Greenwich, Rhode Island, United States |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Suzanne Carcieri |
| Alma mater | Brown University |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Donald L. "Don" Carcieri (/kərˈtʃɪri/ kər-CHEER-ee; Italian: [karˈtʃɛːri]; born December 16, 1942) is an American politician who served as the 73rd Governor of Rhode Island from January 2003 to January 2011. Carcieri has worked as a manufacturing company executive, aid relief worker, bank executive, and teacher.
Carcieri was born and raised in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, the son of Marguerite E. (née Anderson) and Nicola J. Carcieri, a football and basketball coach at East Greenwich High School. His father was Italian American and his mother Swedish American. Carcieri played baseball, basketball, and football while in high school and received a college scholarship. He graduated from Brown University with a degree in International Relations. Carcieri started his career as a high school math teacher, working in Newport, Rhode Island and Concord, Massachusetts. He later became a banker and businessman, working his way up the ranks to become an executive vice president at Old Stone Bank.
In 1981, Carcieri and his family moved to Kingston, Jamaica, where he worked for Catholic Relief Services. Two years later, he returned to Rhode Island and became an executive at the Cookson Group. He eventually became Joint Managing Director for Cookson and CEO of the company's Cookson America subsidiary. At the request of Carcieri, Cookson established their US headquarters in an unused building in downtown Providence. He has 4 children and 14 grandchildren.
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