Senate in 2016, but withdrew when incumbent senator Marco Rubio sought reelection. During his tenure, he became a founding member of the Freedom Caucus and was an ally of President Donald Trump. Attorney's Office in the Middle District of Florida, a position he held until his honorable discharge from active military duty in 2010.ĭeSantis was first elected to Congress in 2012 and was reelected in 20. attorney general appointed DeSantis to serve as a special assistant U.S. He was stationed at Joint Task Force Guantanamo in 2006, and was deployed to Iraq in 2007. DeSantis joined the United States Navy in 2004 and was promoted to lieutenant before serving as a legal advisor to SEAL Team One. He graduated from Yale University and Harvard Law School.

DeSantis is a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.īorn in Jacksonville, DeSantis spent most of his childhood in Dunedin, Florida. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Florida's 6th congressional district in the U.S. Ronald Dion DeSantis ( / d ɪ ˈ s æ n t ɪ s, d iː-/ born September 14, 1978) is an American politician serving since 2019 as the 46th governor of Florida.

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