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Patrick Lloyd "Pat" McCrory (born October 17, 1956) is an American politician and the 74th Governor of North Carolina. He previously served a record 14 years as the 53rd Mayor of Charlotte from 1995 to 2009, and as a Charlotte city councilman from 1989 to 1995. McCrory also received a presidential appointment by George W. Bush to serve on the United States Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) from 2002–2006. McCrory was the Republican nominee for Governor of North Carolina in the 2008 general election and was defeated 50% to 46% by then-Lieutenant Governor Beverly Perdue. After the 2008 election, McCrory returned to the private sector. On January 31, 2012, he launched his second campaign for governor. While mayors of Charlotte have had trouble winning statewide office, McCrory became the first mayor of Charlotte to win the state's highest office, as well as the first Republican governor since 1988. ==Early life, education and business career== McCrory was born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Audrey and Rollin McCrory.〔http://www.carolana.com/NC/Governors/pmccrory.html〕 His family moved to North Carolina when he was a child, and he graduated from Ragsdale High School in Jamestown, North Carolina. He attended Catawba College in Salisbury, NC, where he received degrees in Political Science and Education. McCrory was active in the Student Government Association and was part of a conservative backlash to the growing "hippie" culture at Catawba in the mid-1970s. McCrory lost an initial bid for student-body president before retooling his message to win on a second run. In 2001, McCrory gave the graduation keynote address at his alma mater, Catawba College. The college then awarded him an honorary doctorate of legal letters. He currently serves as a member of Catawba College's Board of Trustees.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.catawba.edu/administrative/development/boardoftrustees.asp )〕 In January 2008, after 28 years with Duke Energy, he retired from the company to run full-time for governor. In January 2009, McCrory was named a partner with Charlotte-based McCrory & Company, a sales consulting firm. In January 2010, he was named a Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives for Charlotte-based law firm Moore & Van Allen PLLC.〔 He is a 2014 Young Leader Alumni member of the American Swiss Foundation 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pat McCrory」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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