Chris Sununu

Chris Sununu
Sununu in 2022
82nd Governor of New Hampshire
Assumed office
January 5, 2017
Preceded byChuck Morse (acting)
Member of the
New Hampshire Executive Council
from the 3rd district
In office
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2017
Preceded byBeverly Hollingworth
Succeeded byRussell Prescott
Personal details
Born
Christopher Thomas Sununu

(1974-11-05) November 5, 1974 (age 50)
Salem, New Hampshire, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Valerie Sununu
(m. 2001)
Children3
Parent(s)John H. Sununu (father)
Nancy Sununu (mother)
RelativesJohn E. Sununu (brother)
ResidenceBridges House
EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology (BS)
WebsiteGovernment website

Christopher Thomas Sununu (/səˈnn/ sə-NOO-noo;[1] born November 5, 1974) is an American politician and engineer who has served since 2017 as the 82nd governor of New Hampshire.

A Republican, Sununu is the son of former New Hampshire governor and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu and the younger brother of former U.S. representative and senator John E. Sununu. He earned a bachelor's degree in civil and environmental engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sununu was chief executive officer of the Waterville Valley Resort in New Hampshire, and he served on the New Hampshire Executive Council from 2011 to 2017.

Sununu was first elected governor of New Hampshire in 2016. He was reelected in 2018, 2020, and 2022. Sununu is the second governor in New Hampshire history (after John Lynch) to be elected to a fourth term.[2] On July 19, 2023, he announced that he would not run for a fifth term.[3]

  1. ^ Trump's Manhattan trial will not have 'major political ramifications': Chris Sununu. ABC News. April 14, 2024. Event occurs at 00:01. Retrieved August 20, 2024 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ "Republican Chris Sununu wins 4th term as New Hampshire governor". www.cbsnews.com. November 8, 2022.
  3. ^ Sexton, Adam (July 19, 2023). "Gov. Chris Sununu decides against run for reelection". WMUR. Retrieved July 19, 2023.