Jerry Brown
| Jerry Brown | |||
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| Governor of California From: January 6, 1975 – January 3, 1983 | |||
| Predecessor | Ronald Reagan | ||
| Successor | George Deukmejian | ||
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| Party | Democrat | ||
| Spouse(s) | Anne Gust | ||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||
Jerry Brown is the 31st Attorney General for the State of California and a former Governor of California (34th Governor) and Mayor of Oakland, California.
Family
Edmund G. Brown Jr., (known as Jerry), was born in San Francisco California on April 7, 1938, the only son of Edmund G. Brown Sr., (known as Pat Brown), a lawyer and politician who also became the Governor and Attorney General of California prior to his son.
Education
Jerry Brown graduated from St. Ignatius High School in 1955. He completed his freshman year at the University of Santa Clara then attended Sacred Heart Novitiate, a Jesuit seminary from 1956 to 1960. He received a B.A. degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1961, and graduated from Yale Law School in 1964.
Political Offices
- 1971 - 1975 - California Secretary of State.
- 1975 - 1983 - Governor of California.
- 1998 - 2006 - Mayor of Oakland, California.
- 2007 - present - Attorney General of California
References
http://ag.ca.gov/ag/brown.php - State of California - Department of Justice site - Office of Attorney General
http://www.californiagovernors.ca.gov/h/biography/governor_34.html