Doug Bereuter

Doug Bereuter

Douglas Kent "Doug" Bereuter (born October 6, 1939 in York , York County , Nebraska ) is an American politician . Between 1979 and 2004 he represented the first constituency of the state of Nebraska in the US House of Representatives .

Early years and political advancement

Doug Bereuter attended St. Paul's Lutheran School in Utica and then until 1957 the Utica High School . He then studied at the University of Nebraska until 1961 , before serving in the US Army between 1963 and 1965 . After his military service, he continued his education at Harvard University .

Bereuter became a member of the Republican Party . After completing his studies, he became a city planner at the US Department of Building . Between 1967 and 1968 he was a division head at the Department for Economic Development in Nebraska. He then headed the Nebraska Government's Office of Planning and Programming . From 1969 to 1971 he was also a member of the crime commission of this state, from 1975 to 1979 he was a member of the Nebraska Legislature .

Congressman

In the congressional election of 1978 he was elected to the US House of Representatives, where he replaced Charles Thone on January 3, 1979 . After he was impressively confirmed in his office in the following elections, he was able to complete almost 13 terms in the US Congress until his resignation on August 31, 2004 . In all re-elections he never had less than 58% of the vote. In Congress he was intermittently a member of the Services Committee , the Committee on Transport and Infrastructure and the Foreign Affairs Committee, as well as deputy chairman of the Intelligence Committee.

Doug Bereuter was also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and head of the US delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly , of which he was also President from 2002 to 2004. Initially he was a supporter of the Iraq war . Shortly before leaving Congress, however, he called it a mistake and blamed the war on the secret services for having done poor educational work. Bereuter, who is considered a moderate Republican, supported Curt Bromm , Speaker of the Nebraska Parliament, as his successor in Congress; party members nominated the more conservative Jeff Fortenberry , who then won the election.

Web links

• Doug Bereuter in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

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