David Beasley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

David Beasley

113th Governor of South Carolina

Date of Birth: 26-Feb-1957

Place of Birth: Darlington, South Carolina, United States

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

David Muldrow Beasley (born February 26, 1957) is an American politician who is the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme.
Beasley, a member of the Republican Party, served one term as the 113th Governor of South Carolina from 1995 until 1999; he was defeated by Democrat Jim Hodges in the 1998 election. Beasley, a native of Lamar, South Carolina, began his political career as a member of the Democratic Party, but switched to the Republican Party in September 1991, three years before his election as governor.
His first run for public office came in 1978, when, as a 21-year-old junior attending Clemson University, he unexpectedly won a seat in the South Carolina House of Representatives.
He later graduated from the University of South Carolina and the University of South Carolina School of Law.