Michael S. Dukakis
| Michael Dukakis | |
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Dukakis speaking at the 1976 Democratic National Convention
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| 65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts | |
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In office January 6, 1983 – January 3, 1991 |
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| Lieutenant |
John Kerry Evelyn Murphy |
| Preceded by | Edward J. King |
| Succeeded by | Bill Weld |
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In office January 2, 1975 – January 4, 1979 |
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| Lieutenant | Thomas P. O'Neill III |
| Preceded by | Francis W. Sargent |
| Succeeded by | Edward J. King |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 13th Norfolk district |
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In office January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Jon Rotenberg |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 10th Norfolk district |
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In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 |
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| Preceded by | Sumner Kaplan |
| Succeeded by | James Wheeler |
| Personal details | |
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Michael Stanley Dukakis November 3, 1933 Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Kitty Dickson |
| Children |
John Dukakis Andrea Kara |
| Education |
Swarthmore College (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| 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.
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