Joe Nosef

Joseph David Nosef, III (born December 14, 1968) is an American lawyer and politician from Mississippi. the son of Mayor Joseph D. Nosef, Jr., and educator Joyce Nosef. His father died in 1975, and his mother was left to rear him.

Nosef earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting at the University of Mississippi in 1991 and 1994, respectively. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi in 1995 and was admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 1996.

Political career Nosef's first political involvement was with the Hinds County Republican Party, where he has served on the executive committee since 2000. In 2008, he served as Chief of Staff to Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, and led the gubernatorial transition campaign after Bryant was elected governor in the 2011 election.

In 2012, Mississippi Republican Party chairman Arnie Hederman resigned. Nosef was elected for the remainder of Hederman's term on January 11, 2012, and elected to a full four-year term in May 2012.