Ron DeSantis
Florida governor and politician
Ron DeSantis is an American politician and former Navy lawyer who has served as governor of Florida since 2019. He wrote The Courage to Be Free.
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American Born 1978 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States
About Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis was born in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1978. He studied at Yale University, where he captained the varsity baseball team, and went on to earn a law degree at Harvard Law School. He joined the US Navy in 2004 as a lawyer, served as a legal advisor to SEAL Team One, and deployed to Iraq in 2007. He was elected to the US House of Representatives in 2012 and represented Florida's 6th congressional district until 2018. DeSantis became governor of Florida in 2019. He sought the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and withdrew in January 2024. His book in our catalog is The Courage to Be Free.