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Politics & Governance
Mario Cuomo
1932–2015Queens, NYItalian American descendantHistoric
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Why Included
Three-term New York governor and defining late-20th-century voice of Italian American civic leadership.
Notable For
- Governor of New York 1983–1994
- 1984 Democratic National Convention keynote address
Sources
- Encyclopaedia Britannicabiography
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Politics & Governance
- Specialty
- Governor
- Years
- 1932–2015
- Birth Place
- Queens, NY
- Origin
- Italian American descendant
- Publication Status
- Published
- Ancestry Verification
- Confirmed
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