Michael Dukakis

Michael S. Dukakis
65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts
In office
January 6, 1983 – January 3, 1991
LieutenantJohn Kerry
Evelyn Murphy
Preceded byEdward King
Succeeded byWilliam Weld
In office
January 2, 1975 – January 4, 1979
LieutenantThomas O'Neill
Preceded byFrancis Sargent
Succeeded byEdward King
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 13th Norfolk district
In office
January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byJon Rotenberg
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 10th Norfolk district
In office
January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965
Preceded bySumner Kaplan
Succeeded byJames Wheeler
Personal details
Born (1953-11-03) November 3, 1953 (age 71)
Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Katharine Dickson
Alma materSwarthmore College
Harvard University
Signature
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Years of service1955–1957

Michael Stanley Dukakis (Greek: Μιχαήλ Δούκάκῆς, born November 3, 1933) served as the 65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts, from 1975 to 1979 and 1983 to 1991. He is the longest-serving Governor in Massachusetts and only the second Greek-American governor in United States history, after Spiro Agnew.

In 1988, he was the Democratic nominee for President, but lost to Republican then–Vice President, George H. W. Bush.


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