Jan Brewer

Janice Kay Brewer (née Drinkwine, formerly Warren; born September 26, 1944)[1] is an American politician and author who served as the 22nd governor of Arizona from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Brewer is the fourth woman (and was the third consecutive woman) to be Governor of Arizona. Brewer assumed the governorship as part of the line of succession, as determined by the Arizona Constitution, when Governor Janet Napolitano resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. Brewer had been Secretary of State of Arizona from January 2003 to January 2009.

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Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer in 2013
22nd Governor of Arizona
In office January 21, 2009 – January 5, 2015
Preceded by	Janet Napolitano
Succeeded by	Doug Ducey
18th Secretary of State of Arizona
In office January 6, 2003 – January 21, 2009
Governor	Janet Napolitano
Preceded by	Betsey Bayless
Succeeded by	Ken Bennett
Member of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
In office January 3, 1997 – January 6, 2003
Preceded by	Ed King
Succeeded by	Max Wilson
Member of the Arizona Senate from the 19th district
In office January 6, 1987 – January 3, 1997
Preceded by	Billy Davis
Succeeded by	Scott Bundgaard
Member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 19th district
In office January 3, 1983 – January 6, 1987
Preceded by	Jane Dee Hull
Succeeded by	Don Kenney
Personal details
Born	Janice Kay Drinkwine (1944-09-26) September 26, 1944 (age 79) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Ronald Warren ​ ​ (m. 1963; div. 1967)​ John Brewer ​ (m. 1970)​
Children	3
Education	Glendale Community College (Arizona)
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Born in California, Brewer attended Glendale Community College, from where she received a radiological technologist certificate. She has never earned a college degree. She was a state representative and state senator for Arizona from 1983 to 1996. She was chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors before running for Arizona secretary of state in 2002.

As governor, Brewer signed the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act. The act makes it a state misdemeanor crime for a noncitizen to be in Arizona without carrying registration documents required by federal law, authorizes state and local law enforcement of federal immigration laws and cracks down on those sheltering, hiring and transporting illegal immigrants. Brewer sought and was elected to a full term as governor of Arizona in 2010.