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The governor of North Carolina is the head of government of the U.S. state of North Carolina.Seventy-five people have held the office since its inception in 1776. The governor serves a term of four years and chairs the collective body of the state's elected executive officials, the Council of State.
The governor of North Carolina is the head of government of the U.S. state of North Carolina and commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. There have been 70 governors of North Carolina, with six serving non-consecutive terms, totaling 76 terms. The current governor is Democrat Josh Stein, who took office on January 1, 2025.
The average age of governors at the time of their inauguration was about 59 years old. Alabama governor Kay Ivey (born 1944) is the oldest current governor, and Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (born 1982) is the youngest. [15] As of January 2025, there are 12 female state governors serving.
In 2024, Cooper’s second term as governor will be up, and North Carolina limits governors to two consecutive terms. So what’s next for Cooper? Cooper’s future
North Carolina is a Dillon's rule state, [34] and municipalities are only able to exercise the authority that the General Assembly or state constitution explicitly gives them. [26] All municipalities in North Carolina operate under either mayor-council governments or council-manager government , [ 26 ] with most using the latter. [ 25 ]
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and House Speaker Tim Moore relish in North Carolina’s 81-77 victory over Duke in the NCAA Final Four semi-final on Saturday, April 2, 2022 at Caesars ...
Over the same time span, all but two of the governors elected by the state’s voters have been Democrats (James Martin served two terms from 1985 to 1993 and Pat McCrory served one term from 2013 ...
Roy Asberry Cooper III was born in Nashville, North Carolina, on June 13, 1957, to Beverly Thorne (née Batchelor) (1929–2013), a teacher and Roy Asberry Cooper II (1927–2015), a lawyer and Democratic Party operative who was a close advisor to Jim Hunt; he later co-chaired Hunt's successful 1976 gubernatorial campaign.