Gina Raimondo
| Gina Raimondo | |
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| 75th Governor of the State Rhode Island and Providence Plantations | |
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Assumed office January 6, 2015 |
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| Lieutenant | Daniel McKee |
| Preceded by | Lincoln Chafee |
| Treasurer of Rhode Island | |
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In office January 4, 2011 – January 6, 2015 |
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| Governor | Lincoln Chafee |
| Preceded by | Frank Caprio |
| Succeeded by | Seth Magaziner |
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Gina Marie Raimondo May 17, 1971 Smithfield, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Andrew Kind Moffit |
| Education |
Harvard University (BA) New College, Oxford (MA, PhD) Yale University (JD) |
Gina Marie Raimondo /rəˈmɒndoʊ/ (born May 17, 1971) is an American politician, businesswoman, venture capitalist, and the 75th and current Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Raimondo, a member of the Democratic Party, is the first woman to serve as Governor of Rhode Island. Prior to her election as governor, she served as the General Treasurer for the State of Rhode Island and was the second Rhode Island woman to serve as Treasurer. She was selected as the Democratic Party candidate for Rhode Island Governor in the 2014 election. Raimondo won the election with 41% of the vote, in a three-way race, against the Mayor of Cranston, Allan Fung, and businessman Robert Healey, on November 4, 2014.
Gina Marie Raimondo was born May 17, 1971 in Smithfield, Rhode Island, where she later grew up. Of Italian descent, she is the youngest of Josephine (Piro) and Joseph Raimondo’s three children. Her father worked for a watch company. Raimondo graduated from La Salle Academy, as one of the first girls allowed to attend the Providence Catholic Institution, where she was valedictorian.
Raimondo graduated with a B.A. magna cum laude in Economics from Harvard College in 1993. She attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar where she received a D.Phil. in sociology. Raimondo received her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1998.
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