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, 1933
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Katharine Dickson |
Alma mater | Swarthmore College Harvard University |
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Military service | |
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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.
Dukakis was mentioned as candidate for Massachusetts Senator for a possible interim successor to Ted Kennedy, after Kennedy's death[1][2] but Governor Deval Patrick chose Paul G. Kirk, the other candidate and a favorite of the Kennedy Family.[3]
In 2008, he talked about his defeat in an interview with Katie Couric, in which he said he "owe[d] the American people an apology" because "if I had beaten the old man, we never would have heard of the kid, and we wouldn't be in this mess."[4]