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Also known as Michael Stanley Dukakis, Michael S. Dukakis, Mike Dukakis, Governor Dukakis, Governor Michael Dukakis, Dukakis

American politician

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Acting · Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) served as the 65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts from 1975–1979 and from 1983–1991, and was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. He was born to Greek immigrants of partly Vlach origin in Brookline, Massachusetts, also the birthplace of John F. Kennedy, and was the longest serving governor in…

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  • Axios — Self2018
  • Freedom Besieged2017
  • 13th — Self (archive footage)2016
  • Race for the White House — Self2016
  • The Contenders: 16 for '16 — Self2016
  • Follow the Leader — Self2012
  • Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story — Self2008
  • The Junior Defenders — Interviewee2007
  • ...So Goes the Nation — Self (archive footage)2006
  • Tanner on Tanner — Self2004

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1931-06-20
Active to
2021-05-01

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Lieutenant
John Kerry , Evelyn Murphy
Preceded by
Edward J. King
Succeeded by
Bill Weld
Constituency
10th Norfolk district (1963–1965), 13th Norfolk district (1965–1971)
Born
Michael Stanley Dukakis , ( 1933-11-03 ) November 3, 1933 (age 92) , Brookline, Massachusetts , U.S.
Party
Democratic
Spouse
Kitty Dickson ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1963 ; died 2025 ) ​
Children
4, including John (adopted)
Relatives
Olympia Dukakis (cousin)
Education
Swarthmore College ( BA ), Harvard University ( JD )
Awards
Order of Honor (Grand Commander)
Branch service
United States Army
Years of service
1955–1957
Rank
Specialist
Unit
8020th Administrative Unit

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Number of children
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Michael Dukakis
date of birth
1933-11-03
name in native language
Michael Dukakis
National Governors Association biography URL
www.nga.org/governor/michael-stanley-dukakis
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Michael Stanley Dukakis (/dʊˈkɑːkɪs/ duu-KAH-kiss; born November 3, 1933) is an American politician and lawyer who was governor of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1991. He is the longest-serving governor in Massachusetts history and the second Greek-American governor in U.S. history, after Spiro Agnew. He was nominated by the Democratic Party for president in the 1988 election, losing to the Republican nominee, Vice President George H. W. Bush.

Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, to Greek immigrants, Dukakis attended Swarthmore College before enlisting in the United States Army. After graduating from Harvard Law School, he won election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, serving from 1963 to 1971. He won the 1974 Massachusetts gubernatorial election but lost his 1978 bid for re-nomination to Edward J. King. He defeated King in the 1982 gubernatorial primary and was again governor from 1983 to 1991, presiding over a period of economic growth known as the "Massachusetts Miracle".

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