Ron DeSantis is the 46th Governor of Florida. He previously served in the US House of Representative, representing Florida's 6th district. Borm in Jacksonville, FL, September 14, 1978; graduated from Dunedin High School, FL, 1997; B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 2001; J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 2005; United States Navy, 2004-2010; judge advocate general, United States Navy, 2005-2010; United States Navy reserve, 2010-present; author; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress (January 3, 2013) and subsequent Congresses until he retired on September 10 2018 (to focus on the the governorship in FL)