Jan Brewer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jan Brewer

US politician

Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1944

Place of Birth: Hollywood, California, United States

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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About Jan Brewer

  • Janice Kay Brewer (born September 26, 1944) 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 serve as Governor of Arizona.
  • Brewer became governor of Arizona as part of the line of succession, as determined by the Arizona Constitution, when Governor Janet Napolitano resigned to become secretary of Homeland Security.
  • Brewer had served as secretary of state of Arizona from January 2003 to January 2009. Born in California, Brewer attended Glendale Community College, from where she received a radiological technologist certificate; she has never earned a college degree.
  • She served as a State Representative and State Senator for Arizona from 1983 to 1996.
  • Brewer also served as 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 an immigrant 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 undocumented immigrants.
  • Brewer sought and was elected to a full term as Governor of Arizona in 2010.

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