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'''Haley Barbour''' is the popular [[Republican]] governor of [[Mississippi]]. His effective handling of [[Hurricane Katrina]]'s effects on his state was widely praised, in contrast with the disastrous recovery effort in neighboring [[Louisiana]]. After heading the [[Republican National Convention]] from 1993-1997, during which the GOP captured both houses of Congress, Barbour succeeded [[Mark Sanford]] as the leader of the Republican Governors Association in 2009. Term-limited as governor, Barbour has been the subject of speculation about a run for national office, and is expected by some to seek the Republican nomination for [[president]] in 2012.
{{Officeholder
|name=Haley Barbour
|image=Haley Barbour2006.jpg
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Marsha Barbour
|religion=Presbyterian
|offices=
{{Officeholder/governor
|number=62nd
|state=Mississippi
|terms=January 13, 2004 – January 10, 2012
|lieutenant=Amy Tuck<br/>[[Phil Bryant]]<br/>[[Tate Reeves]]
|preceded=[[Ronnie Musgrove]]
|former=y
|succeeded=[[Phil Bryant]]
}}
{{Officeholder/chairman
|party=Republican National Committee
|number=56th
|terms=January 29, 1993 – January 17, 1997
|preceded=[[Richard Bond]]
|former=y
|succeeded=[[Jim Nicholson]]
}}
}}
'''Haley Barbour''' (born October 22, 1947) is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] former governor of his native [[Mississippi]]. His effective handling of [[Hurricane Katrina]]'s effects on his state was widely praised, in contrast with the disastrous recovery effort in neighboring [[Louisiana]]. After heading the [[Republican National Committee]] from 1993 to 1997, during which the GOP captured both houses of Congress, Barbour succeeded [[Mark Sanford]] of [[South Carolina]] as the leader of the Republican Governors Association in 2009. Term-limited as governor, Barbour has been the subject of speculation about a run for national office, and was expected by some to seek the Republican nomination for [[president]] in 2012. Prior to his election as governor, he headed Barbour Griffith and Rogers, one of the nation's top lobbying firms. He served as Director of the [[White House]] Office of Political Affairs under [[President Ronald Reagan]].
He was the second Mississippi Republican governor (excluding the Reconstruction era), the first having been [[Kirk Fordice]], who served for eight years from 1991 to 2000.
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