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Douglas Anthony "Doug" Ducey /ˈduːsi/ (born April 9, 1964) is an American businessman who is the 23rd and current governor of the U.S. State of Arizona. He is a member of the Republican Party, and was sworn in as governor on January 5, 2015. Prior to his governorship, he served as the state's 42nd treasurer. He is also the first man to serve as Arizona Governor in over 17 years.

Prior to serving in elected office, Ducey served as the CEO of Cold Stone Creamery before he and his business partner sold the company in 2007. On November 4, 2014, Ducey won the election to become governor of the State of Arizona, the first open seat for governor in 12 years, succeeding Jan Brewer.

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Doug Ducey was born Douglas Anthony Roscoe, Jr. in Toledo, Ohio, where he was raised. He is the son of Madeline Scott and Douglas Roscoe, Sr., a former member of the Toledo Police Department.

The younger Roscoe's parents divorced, and, in 1975, his mother married businessman Michael Ducey, to whom she remained married until 1981. Michael Ducey adopted Douglas Roscoe, Jr, and his siblings in 1976, and Douglas, Jr. had his last name legally changed to his adopted father's.

Ducey graduated from St. John's Jesuit High School in 1982 and moved to Arizona to attended Arizona State University while working at Hensley & Co., the Anheuser-Busch distributor owned by the family of Cindy McCain. Ducey graduated in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance.

During his 2014 campaign for governor, press accounts revealed that some of Ducey's relatives in Toledo, the Scotts, anglicized their name from Scotti and were involved in organized crime in Ohio. Ducey's great-grandfather, Dominic Scott, immigrated from Naples in 1905 and settled in Ohio These press accounts contained no indication that Ducey has ever been affiliated with these family members or involved with any of their activities.