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George E. Pataki

George Pataki
George Pataki August 2015.jpg
53rd Governor of New York
In office
January 1, 1995 – December 31, 2006
Lieutenant Betsy McCaughey
Mary Donohue
Preceded by Mario Cuomo
Succeeded by Eliot Spitzer
Member of the New York Senate
from the 37th district
In office
January 1, 1993 – December 31, 1994
Preceded by Mary B. Goodhue
Succeeded by Vincent Leibell
Member of the New York State Assembly
from the 91st district
In office
January 1, 1985 – December 31, 1992
Preceded by William J. Ryan
Succeeded by Vincent Leibell
Mayor of Peekskill
In office
January 1, 1981 – December 31, 1984
Preceded by Fred Bianco
Succeeded by Richard E. Jackson
Personal details
Born George Elmer Pataki
(1945-06-24) June 24, 1945 (age 71)
Peekskill, New York, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Libby Rowland
Children Allison
Emily
Teddy
George Owen
Residence Garrison, New York
Alma mater Yale University (B.A.)
Columbia Law School (J.D.)
Religion Roman Catholicism
Signature
Website Official website
The Pataki Executive Chamber
Office Name Term
Governor George Pataki 1995–2007
Lieutenant Governor Betsy McCaughey 1995–1999
Mary Donohue 1999–2007
Secretary to the Governor Bradford J. Race Jr. 1995–2002
John P. Cahill 2002–2007
General Counsel Michael C. Finnegan 1995–1997
James McGuire 1997–2003
Richard Platkin 2003–2007
Communications Director Zenia Mucha 1995–2000
Michael McKeon 2000–2003
David Catalfamo 2003–2007
Director of State Operations James Natoli 1995–2007
Chief of Staff Tom Doherty 1995–2003
Robert Bulman 2003–2007
Office of the Attorney General Dennis Vacco 1995–1999
Eliot Spitzer 1999–2007
Office of the Inspector General Roslynn R. Mauskopf 1995–2002
Jill Konviser-Levine 2002–2005
Dineen Riviezzo 2005–2007
Office of the Comptroller H. Carl McCall 1995–2003
Alan Hevesi 2003–2007
Department of Agriculture and Markets Donald R. Davidsen 1995–1999
Nathan L. Rudgers 1995–2005
Patrick Brennan 2005–2007
Department of Banking Neil Levin 1995–1997
Elizabeth McCaul 1997–2003
Diana Taylor 2003–2007
Department of Civil Service George C. Sinnott 1995–2004
Daniel E. Wall 2004–2007
Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Glenn S. Goord 1995–2007
Department of Environmental Conservation Michael D. Zagata 1995–1997
John P. Cahill 1997–2001
Erin Crotty 2001–2005
Denise Sheehan 2005–2007
Education Department Richard P. Mills 1995–2007
Department of Health Barbara DeBuono 1995–1998
Antonia Novello 1998–2007
Insurance Department Edward Muhl 1995–1997
Neil Levin 1997–2001
Gregory V. Serio 2001–2005
Howard Mills III 2005–2007
Department of Labor John E. Sweeney 1995–1997
James J. McGowan 1997–2000
Linda Angelo 2001–2007
Department of Motor Vehicles Richard E. Jackson 1995–2000
Raymond P. Martinez 2000–2006
Nancy Naples 2006–2007
Department of Military & Naval Affairs Michael Hall 1995–1997
John H. Fenimore V 1997–2001
Thomas P. Maguire 2001–2006
Joseph J. Taluto 2006–2007
Department of Public Service John F. O'Mara 1995–1998
Maureen Helmer 1998–2002
William Flynn 2002–2006
Patricia Acompora 2006–2008
Secretary of State Alexander Treadwell 1995–2001
Randy Daniels 2001–2006
Christopher Jacobs 2006–2007
Department of Taxation and Finance Michael H. Urbach 1995–1999
Arthur J. Roth 1999–2003
Andrew Eristoff 2003–2006
Department of Transportation John B. Daly 1995–1997
Joseph H. Boardman 1997–2005
Thomas J. Madison Jr. 2005–2007

George Elmer Pataki (/pəˈtɑːki/; born June 24, 1945) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 53rd Governor of New York (1995–2006). A member of the Republican Party, Pataki was a lawyer who was elected mayor of his home town of Peekskill, later going on to be elected to State Assembly, then State Senate. In 1994, Pataki ran for governor against three-term incumbent Mario Cuomo, defeating him by over a three-point margin as part of the Republican Revolution of 1994. Pataki, succeeding a three-term governor, would himself be elected to three consecutive terms, and was the third Republican Governor of New York elected since 1923, the other two being Thomas Dewey and Nelson Rockefeller. Pataki, as of January 2017 is the last Republican to serve as Governor of New York.

In early 2015, Pataki began exploring a candidacy for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 2016, and announced his candidacy on May 28, 2015. On December 29, 2015, Pataki withdrew his presidential candidacy.

Pataki was born in Peekskill, New York. Pataki's paternal grandfather was János (later John) Pataki (1883–1971) of Aranyos-Apáti, Austria-Hungary, who came to the United States in 1908 and worked in a hat factory. János had married Erzsébet (later Elizabeth; 1887–1975), also Hungarian-born, around 1904. Their son, Pataki's father, was Louis P. Pataki (1912–1996), a mailman and volunteer fire chief, who ran the Pataki Farm. Pataki's maternal grandfather was Matteo Laganà (born in Calabria, Italy in 1889), who married Agnes Lynch of County Louth, Ireland around 1914. Their daughter, Margaret Lagana, is Pataki's mother. Pataki has an older brother, Louis. George Pataki can still speak a little Hungarian today, as well as Spanish, French, and German.


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