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George Pataki

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George Elmer Pataki (; born June 24, 1945) is an American politician who served as the 53rd governor of New York from 1995 to 2006. He previously served in the State Legislature from 1985 to 1994, and as the mayor of Peekskill from 1981 to 1984. Pataki was the third Republican since 1923 to win New York's governorship, after Thomas E. Dewey and Nelson Rockefeller, and is the most recent one to do so. Pataki's most notable achievements as governor included the creation of a number of new health care programs, presiding over recovery efforts following the September 11 attacks, and for increasing the state's credit rating three times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. George Pataki is the 15,609th most popular politician (up from 15,677th in 2024), the 8,449th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,432nd in 2019) and the 643rd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George Pataki ranks 15,609 out of 19,576. Before him are Carlos Quintanilla, Vittorio Sgarbi, Arayik Harutyunyan, Muhammad Fareed Didi, Ignacio Andrade, and Tufan Erhürman. After him are Grzegorz Schetyna, Artatama I, Jean-Louis Borloo, Pandeli Evangjeli, Surya Bahadur Thapa, and Gabriel París Gordillo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, George Pataki ranks 499. Before him are Bill Paterson, Eugenio Lazzarini, Rainer Brüderle, Odd Iversen, Enrique Borja, and Carlos Reinoso. After him are Katherine Neville, François Bourgeon, Arthur Lee, Vadim Abdrashitov, Betty Davis, and Eric Stewart.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Pataki ranks 8,451 out of 20,380. Before him are Theda Skocpol (1947), TobyMac (1964), F. Holland Day (1864), James Rector (1884), Elisabeth Moore (1876), and Mandy Moore (1984). After him are Scott Weiland (1967), Katherine Neville (1945), Mitzi Gaynor (1931), Michael Stonebraker (1943), Evan Stone (1964), and James Stafford (1932).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, George Pataki ranks 643. Before him are John P. Kennedy (1795), Whitney Smith (1940), Hamilton Fish (1808), Robert Bacon (1860), Henry Dearborn (1751), and Margaret Woodrow Wilson (1886). After him are William L. Marcy (1786), Andrew Cuomo (1957), John Morton (1725), Dave Loebsack (1952), Norman Mineta (1931), and Ed Royce (1951).

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