John de Jongh
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| Lieutenant Governor: | Gregory Francis |
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| Succeeeding: | Charles Turnbull |
| Born: | November 13, 1957 St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Political party: | Democrat |
| Profession: | Financial executive, real estate |
| Spouse: | Cecile René Galiber |
| Religion: | Roman Catholic |
John P. de Jongh, Jr. is the governor-elect of the U.S. Virgin Islands. de Jongh was born November 13, 1957 in St. Thomas. He moved from the territory when he was very young due to his parents' divorce, and he lived with his mother in Detroit, Michigan. de Jongh earned an economics degree from Antioch College in rural Ohio.
After graduating from college, de Jongh returned to his native Virgin Islands. He worked for serveral years as a member of the Economic Development Council before taking a job with Chase Manhattan. de Jongh first worked as an executive in the company's San Juan, Puerto Rico office before once again returning to the Virgin Islands after earning the position of Consumer Mangager of operations in both the U.S. and British Virgin Islands.
In 1987, de Jongh was appointed as Commissioner of Finance, his first political office and one that had once been held by his grandfather, Percy. He was key in financial reforming and boosting the economy of the territory in the early 1990s. Since 1992, de Jongh has been out of political life, but has been a powerful and successful businessman. He worked as a consultant for Public Financial Management and was one of the creators of the oversight committee to help Washington, D.C. becoming financially sound. de Jongh has also been an executive at Lockheed and Chillmark Partners, two huge Caribbean real estate firm.
de Jongh unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2002 (receiving the second highest amount of votes out of eight candidates), but won the election in 2006 to hold his first elective office.
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