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Larry Hogan

Larry Hogan
Larry Hogan in December 2015.jpg
62nd Governor of Maryland
Assumed office
January 21, 2015
Lieutenant Boyd Rutherford
Preceded by Martin O'Malley
Personal details
Born Lawrence Joseph Hogan Jr.
(1956-05-25) May 25, 1956 (age 60)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Yumi Kim (2004–present)
Children 3
Residence Government House
Education Florida State University,
Tallahassee
(BA)
Website Government website

Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Hogan Jr. (born May 25, 1956) is an American politician who currently serves as the 62nd Governor of Maryland, in office since January 2015. He is only the second Republican governor in Maryland in nearly 50 years, and the first Maryland governor from Anne Arundel County to be elected in over 100 years. He previously served as Secretary of Appointments in the administration of Governor Bob Ehrlich from 2003 to 2007. In 2011, Hogan founded the grassroots organization Change Maryland.

On June 22, 2015, Hogan announced to the press that he had been diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Five months later, intensive chemotherapy had put the disease into remission.

Hogan was born in 1956 in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Landover, Maryland, attending Saint Ambrose Catholic School and DeMatha Catholic High School. He moved to Florida with his mother after his parents divorced in 1972 and graduated from Father Lopez Catholic High School in 1974. Hogan's father, Lawrence Hogan, Sr., served as a U.S. Congressman from Maryland's 5th Congressional District from 1969 to 1975 and as Prince George's County Executive from 1978 to 1982.

Hogan attended Florida State University from 1974 to 1978 and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in government and political science. While in college, Hogan worked in the Florida State Legislature and upon graduation, worked on Capitol Hill. Hogan helped his father run a successful campaign in 1978 for Prince George's County Executive and later worked for his father as a low-paid 'intergovernmental liaison'.

Hogan founded his real estate business, Hogan Companies, in 1985. He would spend the next eighteen years in the private sector.


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