Michael S. Dukakis | |
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65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts | |
In office January 6, 1983 – January 3, 1991 | |
Lieutenant | John Kerry Evelyn Murphy |
Preceded by | Edward King |
Succeeded by | William Weld |
In office January 2, 1975 – January 4, 1979 | |
Lieutenant | Thomas O'Neill |
Preceded by | Francis Sargent |
Succeeded by | Edward King |
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 13th Norfolk district | |
In office January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Jon Rotenberg |
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 10th Norfolk district | |
In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | |
Preceded by | Sumner Kaplan |
Succeeded by | James Wheeler |
Personal details | |
Born | Brookline, Massachusetts, United States | November 3, 1953
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Katharine Dickson |
Alma mater | Swarthmore College Harvard University |
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Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Years of service | 1955–1957 |
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.