Michael Dukakis

Michael Dukakis
Dukakis addressing the 1976 Democratic National Convention
65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts
In office January 2, 1975 – January 4, 1979
Lieutenant	Thomas P. O'Neill III
Preceded by	Francis W. Sargent
Succeeded by	Edward J. King
In office January 6, 1983 – January 3, 1991
Lieutenant	John Kerry (1983–1985) Vacant (1985–1987) Evelyn Murphy (1987–1991)
Preceded by	Edward J. King
Succeeded by	William Weld
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971
District	13th Norfolk
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Jon Rotenberg
In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965
District	10th Norfolk
Preceded by	Sumner Kaplan
Succeeded by	James Wheeler
Personal details
Born	Michael Stanley Dukakis (1933-11-03) November 3, 1933 (age 83) Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Kitty Dickson
Alma mater	Swarthmore College (B.A., History, 1955) Harvard Law School (J.D., 1960)
Religion	Greek Orthodox
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Military service
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1955–1957
Rank	Specialist Third Class
Unit	8020th Administrative Unit

Michael Stanley Dukakis (/dᵿˈkɑːkᵻs/; born November 3, 1933, Greek: Δουκάκης) is an American politician who served as the 65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts, from 1975 to 1979 and 1983 to 1991 respectively. He is the longest-serving governor in Massachusetts history and only 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, but lost to the Republican candidate, Vice President George H. W. Bush.

Dukakis was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. His father Panos (1896–1979) was a Greek immigrant from Adramyttion (Edremit), in Asia Minor, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire. Panos Dukakis settled in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1912, and graduated from Harvard Medical School twelve years later, subsequently working as an obstetrician. Dukakis' mother Euterpe (née Boukis; 1903–2003) was an Aromanian Greek immigrant from Larissa, in Thessaly; she and her family emigrated to Haverhill, Massachusetts, in 1913.