Deval Patrick
| Deval Patrick | |
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| Senior Advisor of the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force | |
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Assumed office December 1, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| 71st Governor of Massachusetts | |
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In office January 4, 2007 – January 8, 2015 |
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| Lieutenant |
Tim Murray (2007–2013) Vacant (2013–2015) |
| Preceded by | Mitt Romney |
| Succeeded by | Charlie Baker |
| United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division | |
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In office April 22, 1994 – January 20, 1997 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | John Dunne |
| Succeeded by | Bill Lee |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Deval Laurdine Patrick July 31, 1956 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Diane Bemus |
| Children | Sarah Katherine |
| Alma mater |
Harvard College (A.B.) Harvard Law School (J.D.) |
| Religion | Presbyterianism |
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Deval Laurdine Patrick (born July 31, 1956) is an American politician, civil rights lawyer and businessman who served as the 71st governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Patrick served as the United States assistant attorney general for the civil rights division under President Bill Clinton. He was first elected in 2006, succeeding Mitt Romney who chose not to run, and re-elected in 2010. He is the only African-American to have served as governor of Massachusetts.
Born to and raised by a single mother on the South Side of Chicago, Patrick earned a scholarship to Milton Academy in Massachusetts in the eighth grade. He went on to attend Harvard College and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. After graduating, he practiced law with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and later joined a Boston law firm, where he was named a partner, at age 34. In 1994, Bill Clinton appointed him as the United States assistant attorney general for the civil rights division of the United States Department of Justice, where he worked on issues including racial profiling and police misconduct.
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