Phil Bryant
| Phil Bryant | |
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| 64th Governor of Mississippi | |
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Assumed office January 10, 2012 |
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| Lieutenant | Tate Reeves |
| Preceded by | Haley Barbour |
| 31st Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi | |
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In office January 10, 2008 – January 10, 2012 |
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| Governor | Haley Barbour |
| Preceded by | Amy Tuck |
| Succeeded by | Tate Reeves |
| 40th Auditor of Mississippi | |
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In office November 1996 – January 10, 2008 |
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| Governor |
Kirk Fordice Ronnie Musgrove Haley Barbour |
| Preceded by | Steven Patterson |
| Succeeded by | Stacey Pickering |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Dewey Phillip Bryant December 9, 1954 Moorhead, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Deborah Hays |
| Residence | Governor's Mansion |
| Education |
Hinds Community College University of Southern Mississippi (BA) Mississippi College (MA) |
| Website | Government website |
Dewey Phillip "Phil" Bryant (born December 9, 1954) is an American politician from the state of Mississippi who has served as the 64th Governor of Mississippi since 2012. He previously served as the 31st Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 2008 to 2012 and as the 40th State Auditor of Mississippi from 1996 to 2008.
Bryant, a Republican, was elected as governor in the 2011 gubernatorial election, defeating the Democratic nominee, Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree. He was reelected in the 2015 election, defeating truck driver Robert Gray.
Bryant was born in Moorhead, Mississippi, in Sunflower County, Mississippi, in the Delta region. The son of Dewey C., a diesel mechanic, and Estelle R. Bryant, he grew up with two brothers. Bryant's family moved to Jackson where his father worked for Jackson Mack Sales and was later Service Manager there.Dewey Phillip Bryant attended Council McCluer High School his junior and senior years. Council McCluer was a segregationist academy founded after the U.S. Supreme Court forced schools to desegregate with its 1969 Alexander v. Holmes decisions. Bryant studied first at Hinds Community College, and received an undergraduate degree from the University of Southern Mississippi. The subject was a deputy sheriff serving in Hinds County from 1976 to 1981 where he worked undercover in drug law enforcement. He subsequently earned a master's degree at Mississippi College, where he would later teach Mississippi Political History both before and during his first term as Governor of Mississippi. For the years leading up to his election as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, Bryant worked as an insurance claim investigator.
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