Στιβ Μπεσίρ

Ο Στίβεν Λυν "Στιβ" Μπεσίρ (αγγλικά:Steven Lynn "Steve" Beshear (γεννημένος 21 Σεπτεμβρίου 1944) είναι Αμερικανός δικηγόρος και πολιτικός. Είναι ο 61ος Κυβερνήτης της Κοινοπολιτείας του Κεντάκι. Ο Μπεσίρ πρωτύτερα χρημάτισε στη Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων του Κεντάκι από το 1974 μέχρι το 1979, ήταν ο Γενικός Εισαγγελέας της πολιτείας από το 1980 μέχρι το 1983, και ήταν ο 49ος Αναπληρωτής Κυβερνήτης από το 1983 μέχρι το 1987. Είναι μέλος του Δημοκρατικού Κόμματος. Ο Μπεσίρ δεν μπορεί να διεκδικήσει τρίτη θητεία στις εκλογές του 2015 λόγω ορίων θητείας που υπάρχουν στο Σύνταγμα του Κεντάκι. Αφότου αποφοίτησε από το University of Kentucky College of Law το 1968, ο Μπεσίρ για λίγο εξάσκησε την δικηγορία στη Νέα Υόρκη προτού επιστρέψει στο Κεντάκι και εκλεγεί στο πολιτειακό νομοθετικό σώμα, όπου απέκτησε τη φήμη του υπερασπιστή των καταναλωτών. Χρησιμοποίησε αυτή τη φήμη για να εκλεγεί γενικός εισαγγελέας για μια θητεία, υπηρετώντας υπό τον Κυβερνήτη Τζον Γ. Μπράουν τον νεότερο. Ως γενικός εισαγγελέας, ο Μπεσίρ εξέδωσε μια ανακοίνωση ότι τα αντίγραφα των Δέκα Εντολών θα έπρεπε να αφαιρεθούν από τους τοίχους των σχολικών τάξεων της πολιτείας στον απόηχο της Ανωτάτου Δικαστηρίου των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών γνωστή ως Στόουν εναντίον Γκράχαμ. Επίσης συγκρούστηκε με την πρώτη κυρία Φύλλις Τζορτζ Μπράουν όταν εκείνος αντιτέθηκε στην πρακτική να χρεώνεται εισιτήριο για τους επισκέπτες της ανακαινισμένης κατοικίας του κυβερνήτη. Το 1983 ο Μπεσίρ εκλέχθηκε αναπληρωτής κυβερνήτης στην κυβέρνηση της Κυβερνήτριας Μάρθα Λέιν Κόλινς.

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