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Paul Cellucci

Paul Cellucci
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United States Ambassador to Canada
In office
April 17, 2001 – March 18, 2005
President George W. Bush
Preceded by Gordon Giffin
Succeeded by David Wilkins
69th Governor of Massachusetts
In office
January 7, 1999 – April 10, 2001
Acting: July 29, 1997 – January 7, 1999
Lieutenant Jane Swift
Preceded by William Weld
Succeeded by Jane Swift (Acting)
68th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
In office
January 3, 1991 – January 7, 1999
Governor William Weld
Preceded by Evelyn Murphy
Succeeded by Jane Swift
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
from the Middlesex and Worcester District
In office
1985–1991
Preceded by Chester Atkins
Succeeded by Robert Durand
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 3rd Middlesex District
In office
1979–1985
Preceded by Charles Flaherty
Succeeded by Patricia Walrath
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 51st Middlesex District
In office
1977–1979
Preceded by Wilfred Balthazar
Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born Argeo Paul Cellucci
(1948-04-24)April 24, 1948
Hudson, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died June 8, 2013(2013-06-08) (aged 65)
Hudson, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting place Forestvale Cemetery
(Hudson, Massachusetts)
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Jan Garnett
Children 2 daughters
Alma mater Boston College
Religion Roman Catholicism
Military service
Service/branch  United States Army
Years of service 1970–1978
Unit Seal of the United States Army Reserve.svg Reserves

Argeo Paul Cellucci (April 24, 1948 – June 8, 2013) was an American politician and diplomat from Massachusetts. A Republican, he served in the House of Representatives and Senate of Massachusetts before being elected the state's lieutenant governor, a position he held from 1991 to 1997 under Governor William Weld.

When Weld resigned in 1997 after being nominated US Ambassador to Mexico, Cellucci became acting governor. He then was elected governor in 1998, and served until 2001 when he resigned to become US Ambassador to Canada, a post he held until 2005.

In 2011, Cellucci announced he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease). He died from complications of the disease two years later.

Cellucci was born in Hudson, Massachusetts, into a political family, the son of Priscilla M. (née Rose) and Argeo R. Cellucci Jr. His father was of Italian descent from the small Lazio village of San Donato Val di Comino, and his mother was of Irish ancestry. He graduated from Hudson Catholic High School, Boston College and Boston College Law School. He and his wife, Jan, had two daughters, Kate and Anne (who is married to a Canadian hockey player, Craig Adams). He served in the United States Army Reserve from 1970 to 1978.

He was a Republican, and held the distinction of never losing an election over his three decades in elected office in overwhelmingly Democratic Massachusetts. Cellucci was first elected to public office as a member of the Hudson Charter Commission in 1970. Subsequently, he was elected to the Hudson Board of Selectmen, on which he served from 1971 to 1977. In 1976, he was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives where he served until 1985. He then became a member of the Massachusetts Senate, serving from 1985 to 1991. From 1991 to 1999 he was Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts.


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