Robert J. Bentley
| Robert J. Bentley | |
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| 53rd Governor of Alabama | |
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Assumed office January 17, 2011 |
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| Lieutenant | Kay Ivey |
| Preceded by | Bob Riley |
| Member of the Alabama House of Representatives from the 63rd district |
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In office 2002–2010 |
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| Preceded by | Tim Parker |
| Succeeded by | Bill Poole |
| Personal details | |
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Robert Julian Bentley February 3, 1943 Columbiana, Alabama, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Dianne Bentley (1965–2015) |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence | Governor's Mansion |
| Alma mater | University of Alabama |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Air Force
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| Years of service | 1969–1975 |
| Rank |
 Captain
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Robert Julian Bentley (born February 3, 1943) is an American politician and medical doctor who is the 53rd and current Governor of Alabama. A member of the Republican Party, Bentley was elected Governor in 2010 and reelected in 2014, having been sworn in as Governor once again on January 19, 2015. His term is set to end by January 2019.
Born in Columbiana, Alabama, Bentley served in the United States Air Force as general medical officer at Pope Air Force Base in Fayetteville, North Carolina from 1969 to 1975, leaving with the rank of a Captain. He earned his M.D. from the University of Alabama School of Medicine before entering private practice and opening a series of dermatology clinics throughout the southern United States.
Bentley was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 2002 and served a total of two four-year terms from 2002 to 2010. After term-limited Governor Bob Riley could not seek reelection, Bentley announced his intentions to run for the Republican nomination for Governor. Bentley won in a seven candidate primary and faced Democrat Ron Sparks, the outgoing Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture, in the general election. Bentley received just over 58% of the statewide vote and won by a margin of over 230,000 votes—the largest margin recorded for a Republican in an open-seat race in Alabama history. In 2014, Bentley won re-election, winning the largest percentage of the vote that any Republican gubernatorial candidate had received in modern Alabama history, 63.6%.
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