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Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
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NameRudy Giuliani
CaptionGiuliani in 2018
Office107th Mayor of New York City
Term startJanuary 1, 1994
Term endDecember 31, 2001
PredecessorDavid Dinkins
SuccessorMichael Bloomberg
Office2United States Associate Attorney General
Term start21981
Term end21983
President2Ronald Reagan
Predecessor2John H. Shenefield
Successor2D. Lowell Jensen
Birth nameRudolph William Louis Giuliani
Birth date28 May 1944
Birth placeEast Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
PartyRepublican (1980–present)
OtherpartyDemocratic (before 1975), Independent (1975–1980)
SpouseRegina Peruggi (m. 1968; div. 1982), Donna Hanover (m. 1984; div. 2002), Judith Nathan (m. 2003; div. 2019)
EducationManhattan College (BA), New York University (JD)

Rudy Giuliani is an American politician and attorney who served as the 107th Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the United States Associate Attorney General from 1981 to 1983 under President Ronald Reagan. He gained national prominence for his leadership following the September 11 attacks and later became a personal attorney for President Donald Trump, engaging in extensive efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 United States presidential election.

Early life and education

Rudolph William Louis Giuliani was born in 1944 in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn to working-class parents of Italian descent. He attended Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School before enrolling at Manhattan College, where he graduated with a degree in political science in 1965. He then earned his Juris Doctor from the New York University School of Law in 1968, where he was a member of the New York University Law Review.

After law school, Giuliani clerked for Judge Lloyd Francis MacMahon of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He joined the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York in 1970, rising to become Chief of the Narcotics Unit and later serving as the United States Attorney for the district from 1983 to 1989. In this role, he prosecuted numerous high-profile cases involving organized crime figures, Wall Street insider trading, and government corruption, earning a reputation as a tough federal prosecutor. He served as the United States Associate Attorney General, the third-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice, from 1981 to 1983.

Mayor of New York City

Elected in 1993, defeating incumbent David Dinkins, Giuliani's tenure as mayor was marked by a focus on law and order policies and implementing the broken windows theory of policing. His administration oversaw significant reductions in major crime rates, welfare rolls, and city taxes, while also promoting quality-of-life initiatives. His leadership during the September 11 attacks in 2001, for which he was dubbed "America's Mayor" by Oprah Winfrey and named ''Time'' magazine's Person of the Year, brought him international acclaim. His mayoralty was also characterized by contentious relations with communities of color and controversies over police conduct, notably following the shootings of Amadou Diallo and Patrick Dorismond.

Post-mayoral career

After leaving office, Giuliani founded the consulting firm Giuliani Partners and made an unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination in the 2008 United States presidential election. He later became a prominent surrogate and then personal attorney for President Donald Trump, playing a key role in the Trump–Ukraine scandal that led to Trump's first impeachment. He led numerous legal challenges to the results of the 2020 United States presidential election, making widely debunked claims of election fraud in states like Georgia, Arizona, and Pennsylvania.

Political activities and views

Originally a Democrat, Giuliani became an independent before formally joining the Republican Party in 1980. His political philosophy combines social liberalism on issues like LGBT rights and abortion with fiscal conservatism and a hawkish foreign policy stance. He was a vocal supporter of the Iraq War and has maintained a close alliance with Donald Trump, frequently appearing on media outlets like Fox News and Newsmax to advocate for Trump's policies and election claims.

Giuliani has been married three times, to Regina Peruggi, television journalist Donna Hanover, and nurse Judith Nathan. He has two children, Andrew and Caroline. In recent years, he has faced significant legal and financial troubles. His law licenses in New York and Washington, D.C. were suspended for making false statements about the 2020 election. He has been named in multiple defamation lawsuits, including those filed by Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic, and was indicted in Fulton County, Georgia, on charges related to alleged efforts to overturn the state's 2020 election results. In 2023, he filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy following a $148 million defamation judgment won by two Georgia election workers.

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