David Beasley

David Muldrow Beasley is an American politician and the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme. Beasley served one term as the 113th Governor of South Carolina from 1995 until 1999. He is married to Mary Wood Beasley and has a son and daughter-in-law, both of whom have served in the U.S. military.

About David Beasley in brief

Summary David BeasleyDavid Muldrow Beasley is an American politician and the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme. Beasley served one term as the 113th Governor of South Carolina from 1995 until 1999. He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1979 until 1995, serving as majority whip from 1985 to 1986 and the majority leader from 1987 to 1989. In 2004, Beasley unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate to replace retiring Democrat Fritz Hollings.

He is married to Mary Wood Beasley and has a son and daughter-in-law, both of whom have served in the U.S. military. In March 2017, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization José Graziano da Silva appointed Beasley to the post in March 2017. In his capacity as WFP Executive Director, Beasly serves at the Under-Secretary-General level of the leadership of the organization’s Senior Management Group.