Douglas Anthony Doug Ducey is the 23rd and current governor of the U.S. State of Arizona. He is a member of the Republican Party, and was sworn in as governor on January 5, 2015. He also served as the 32nd state treasurer of Arizona. Prior to serving in elected office, Ducey served as the CEO of Cold Stone Creamery before he and his business partner sold the company in 2007. On November 4, 2014, Ducey won the election to become governor of the State of Arizona, the first open seat for governor inyears, succeeding Jan Brewer. Ducey is the first male governor of Arizona since Fife Symington .
Doug Ducey was born Douglas Anthony Roscoe, Jr. in Toledo, Ohio, where he was raised. He is the son of Madeline Scott and Douglas Roscoe, Sr., a former member of the Toledo Police Department. The younger Roscoes parents divorced, and in 1975 his mother married businessman Michael Ducey, to whom she remained married until 1981. Michael Ducey adopted Douglas Roscoe, Jr, and his siblings in 1976, and Douglas, Jr. had his last name legally changed to his adopted fathers. As Douglas Ducey, he moved to Arizona in 1982 and attended Arizona State University while working at Hensley amp Co., the AnheuserBusch distributor owned by the family of Cindy McCain. Ducey graduated in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance.
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