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{{Officeholder
|name=Charlie Crist
|image=Charlie Crist.jpg
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Carole Rome
|religion=Methodist
|offices=
{{Officeholder/governor
|state=Florida
|terms=January 2, 2007 – Present
|preceded=[[Jeb Bush]]
|former=n
|succeeded=
}}
}}
Governor '''Charlie Crist''' was born in 1956 in Altoona, [[Pennsylvania]], but his family soon settled in St. Petersburg, [[Florida]]. As a public school student Governor Crist quickly learned the value of participation, leading him to serve as class president at St. Petersburg High School and, later, as student body vice president at Florida State University. In high school Crist was the starting quarterback for his football team. He later played football at Wake Forest University before transferring and receiving his undergraduate degree from Florida State in 1978. Governor Crist then earned his law degree from the Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama.
Governor '''Charlie Crist''' was born in 1956 in Altoona, [[Pennsylvania]], but his family soon settled in St. Petersburg, [[Florida]]. As a public school student Governor Crist quickly learned the value of participation, leading him to serve as class president at St. Petersburg High School and, later, as student body vice president at Florida State University. In high school Crist was the starting quarterback for his football team. He later played football at Wake Forest University before transferring and receiving his undergraduate degree from Florida State in 1978. Governor Crist then earned his law degree from the Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama.