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    George Deukmejian

    Governor of California from 1983 to 1991

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  1. George Deukmejian. Courken George Deukmejian Jr. ( / djuːkˈmeɪdʒən /; [4] June 6, 1928 – May 8, 2018) was an American politician who served as the 35th governor of California from 1983 to 1991. A member of the Republican Party, he was the state's first governor of Armenian descent . Born in New York, Deukmejian moved to California in 1955.

    • 1953–1955
  2. May 9, 2018 · SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Two-term California Gov. George Deukmejian, whose anti-spending credo earned him the nickname “The Iron Duke,” died Tuesday of natural causes. He was 89. The Republican spent three decades in California politics as an assemblyman, senator, state attorney general and governor. He was elected as the state’s 35th ...

  3. May 9, 2018 · Courken George Deukmejian Jr. was born June 6, 1928, in Menands, N.Y., a small village set among the rolling hills and aging brick factories along the Hudson River near Albany, the state capital. ...

  4. May 8, 2018 · Courken George Deukmejian Jr. was born on June 6, 1928, in Menands, N.Y., north of Albany. His parents had emigrated from eastern Turkey in the early 1900s. His father worked in a series of jobs ...

  5. May 8, 2018 · Courken George Deukmejian Jr. was born on June 6, 1928, in Menands, N.Y., a small village set among the rolling hills and aging brick factories along the Hudson River near Albany, the state ...

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  7. May 8, 2018 · Gov. George Deukmejian talks with reporters at his office in the Capitol in Sacramento on Sept. 21, 1987. The two-term California governor, whose anti-spending credo earned him the nickname "The ...

  8. May 9, 2018 · Courken George Deukmejian Jr. was born in Menands, a New York village that neighbors Albany, on June 6, 1928. His father ran a rug business, and his house was situated next to the fire and police ...

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