Doug Bereuter
| Doug Bereuter | |
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| Member of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska's 1st district | |
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In office January 3, 1979 – August 31, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Thone |
| Succeeded by | Jeff Fortenberry |
| Member of the Nebraska Legislature | |
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In office 1974–1978 |
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October 6, 1939 York, Nebraska |
| Political party | Republican |
Douglas Kent "Doug" Bereuter (born October 6, 1939) is a retired Republican politician from Nebraska. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 until 2004. He also served as the president and CEO of The Asia Foundation from 2004 to 2010.
Bereuter was born in York, Nebraska and reared in Utica, Nebraska. After graduation from Utica High School in 1957, he attended the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, receiving his B.A. degree in 1961. He then attended Harvard University from 1961 to 1963, receiving his M.C.P degree in 1966. He served as an infantry and intelligence officer in the U.S. Army from 1963 to 1965. After discharge, he returned to Harvard University, earning an M.P.A. from the John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1973. Bereuter worked as an urban planner with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development from 1965 to 1966. He was a division director for the Nebraska Department of Economic Development from 1967 to 1968, and from 1968 to 1970 he was director of Nebraska's Office of Planning and Programming.
Bereuter served in the Nebraska Legislature from 1974 to 1978, when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He was reelected 12 times without substantive opposition, and never won less than 58 percent of the vote. He served longer in the House than anyone in Nebraska's history, and only George Norris and Carl Curtis served in both chambers longer. He announced in late 2003 that he would not run for a 14th term in 2004, resigning on August 31, 2004 to become president of The Asia Foundation.
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