Mike Easley
Mike Easley | |
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Easley in 2011 | |
| 72nd Governor of North Carolina | |
| In office January 6, 2001 – January 10, 2009 | |
| Lieutenant | Bev Perdue |
| Preceded by | Jim Hunt |
| Succeeded by | Bev Perdue |
| 49th Attorney General of North Carolina | |
| In office January 9, 1993 – January 6, 2001 | |
| Governor | Jim Hunt |
| Preceded by | Lacy Thornburg |
| Succeeded by | Roy Cooper |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michael Francis Easley March 23, 1950 |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Michael F. Easley Jr. |
| Education | Belmont Abbey College (attended) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA) North Carolina Central University (JD) |
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Michael Francis Easley (born March 23, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 72nd governor of North Carolina from 2001 to 2009. He is the first governor of North Carolina to have been convicted of a felony. The conviction was later expunged by the Chief Judge of the Superior Court of Wake County. A member of the Democratic Party, Easley was North Carolina's first Catholic governor.