Question: Griffin Bell served as attorney general for the US President who served in what office prior to his election as President?
Context: The Attorney General of Myanmar (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စုရှေ့နေချုပ် ) is the Government of Myanmar's chief legal advisor, and also appears on behalf of the Burmese government in civil and criminal cases.  The Office of the Attorney General was established in 1948 under the 1947 Constitution of Myanmar and 1948 Attorney General of the Union Act.  From 1974 through 1988, the post was called the Chairman of the Council of People's Attorney.  The present law, the 2010 Attorney General of the Union Law was promulgated on 28 October 2010.  The Attorney General is appointed by the President of Myanmar.  The Attorney General leads the Office of the Attorney General in Naypyidaw. Griffin Boyette Bell (October 31, 1918January 5, 2009) was an American lawyer and former United States Attorney General.  He served as the nation's 72nd Attorney General during the Jimmy Carter administration.  He was an attorney with the law firm King & Spalding. Cara Rodriguez (born June 24, 1976) is an American attorney and politician who was the acting Attorney General of Oklahoma for a period of several days in February 2017.  She took office after former attorney general Scott Pruitt resigned to take office as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.  Prior to her tenure as acting attorney general, Rodriguez served as General Counsel to Attorney General Pruitt, assistant solicitor general, and first assistant attorney general.  She attended Tulane University for her bachelor's degree and University of Oklahoma Law School for her Juris Doctor. Rachel Lee Brand (born May 1, 1973) is an American lawyer, academic, and government official.  She was sworn in as the United States Associate Attorney General on May 22, 2017, after being nominated to the position by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the United States Senate.  Brand is the first woman to serve as Associate Attorney General.  She served as Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy in the George W. Bush administration and was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.  Prior to becoming Associate Attorney General, Brand was an associate professor at Antonin Scalia Law School. The Attorney General of North Carolina is the elected head of the state's Department of Justice.  The North Carolina constitution, in Article III Section 7, provides for the election of the Attorney General.  http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Legislation/constitution/article3.html By statute, Attorney General's duties include providing legal representation and advice to all state agencies.  The parameters of that duty have been the subject of some debate, when, for example, United States Attorney General Eric Holder suggested that state Attorneys General should not squander their state's resources in defense of laws they know to be unconstitutional.  By statute, in defense of the public interest, the Attorney General may initiate legal action or intervene in proceedings before any courts, regulatory officers, agencies or bodies — either state or federal — on behalf of the state's agencies and citizens.  http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/PDF/ByChapter/Chapter_114.pdf The Attorney General also renders legal opinions, either formally or informally, upon all questions of law submitted by the General Assembly, the Governor or any other state officer.  Attorney General opinions may be viewed online.  http://www.ncdoj.gov/About-DOJ/Legal-Services/Legal-Opinions.aspx John Reginald Murphy (born 1933), usually known as Reg Murphy, is a publisher and business executive.  A native of Gainesville, Georgia and a graduate of Mercer University, Murphy began his career in journalism with the "Macon Telegraph".  He became editor of the "Atlanta Constitution", editor and publisher of "The San Francisco Examiner", and publisher and CEO of "The Baltimore Sun".  From 1994-1995, Murphy served as the president of the United States Golf Association.  Murphy was president and CEO of the National Geographic Society from 1995-1998.  He authored a biography of Griffin Bell, "Uncommon Sense: The Achievement of Griffin Bell".  In 2012 he served as Executive-in-Residence at the College of Coastal Georgia. James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981.  A member of the Democratic Party, he also served as the Governor of Georgia prior to his election as president.  Carter has remained active in public life during his post-presidency, and in 2002 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Carter Center. Robert Christopher "Chris" Bell (born November 23, 1959) is an American politician, attorney, and former journalist.  He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and South Texas College of Law.  Bell served five years on the Houston City Council from 1997 to 2001, followed by one term in the United States House of Representatives from Texas' 25th Congressional District in Houston from 2003 to 2005.  He was then the Democratic nominee in the 2006 election for the office of Governor of Texas, losing to Republican incumbent Gov. Rick Perry by 406,450 votes (Perry 39% versus Bell 30%) in a fractured general election campaign that also drew in two significant independent challengers.  Bell, a member of the Democratic Party, is currently an attorney specializing in many forms of litigation, including commercial disputes, copyright infringement, and securities disputes.  Prior to practicing law, Bell had been a prominent radio journalist in Texas.  On January 25, 2015, he announced his candidacy for the non-partisan position of mayor of Houston, telling supporters: "I know my competitors will do their best to try and define me.  They might even talk about some of the political races that I have run and lost.  And that's fair game — because if it's necessary, I'll talk about the races they've run and lost." Morey Stanley Mosk (September 4, 1912 – June 19, 2001) was an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court for 37 years (1964–2001), and holds the record for the longest-serving justice on that court.  Before sitting on the Supreme Court, he served as Attorney General of California and as a trial court judge, among other governmental positions.  Mosk was the last Justice of the California Supreme Court to have served in non-judicial elected office prior to his appointment to the bench.  The Los Angeles County Courthouse is named after him. Curtis Osborne (1970 – June 4, 2008) was an American convicted murderer on death row in Georgia from Spalding County, Georgia.  He murdered Arthur Lee Jones and Linda Lisa Seaborne in 1990 to avoid paying a $400 debt.  Johnny Mostiler, his court-appointed attorney, allegedly neglected to inform Osborne that the prosecutor had offered him life sentence in exchange for a plea bargain, declaring "The little nigger deserves the death penalty."  Osborne's case for clemency was championed by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former Deputy U.S. Attorney General Larry Thompson, who wrote letters to the clemency board pleading for mercy.  Former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell also spoke on his behalf.  His execution was carried out despite these appeals.
Answer: Governor of Georgia