George Pataki

George Pataki
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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