Michael Dukakis

Michael S. Dukakis
65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts
In office January 6, 1983 – January 3, 1991
Lieutenant	John Kerry Evelyn Murphy
Preceded by	Edward King
Succeeded by	William Weld
In office January 2, 1975 – January 4, 1979
Lieutenant	Thomas O'Neill
Preceded by	Francis Sargent
Succeeded by	Edward King
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 13th Norfolk district
In office January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Jon Rotenberg
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 10th Norfolk district
In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965
Preceded by	Sumner Kaplan
Succeeded by	James Wheeler
Personal details
Born	(1933-11-03) November 3, 1933 Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Katharine Dickson
Alma mater	Swarthmore College Harvard University
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1955–1957

Michael Stanley Dukakis (Greek: Μιχαήλ Δούκάκῆς, born November 3, 1933) served as the 65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts, from 1975 to 1979 and 1983 to 1991. He is the longest-serving Governor in Massachusetts and only the second Greek-American governor in United States history, after Spiro Agnew.

In 1988, he was the Democratic nominee for President, but lost to Republican then–Vice President, George H. W. Bush.

After the 1988 Election

Dukakis was mentioned as candidate for Massachusetts Senator for a possible interim successor to Ted Kennedy, after Kennedy's death but Governor Deval Patrick chose Paul G. Kirk, the other candidate and a favorite of the Kennedy Family.

In 2008, he talked about his defeat in an interview with Katie Couric, in which he said he "owe[d] the American people an apology" because "if I had beaten the old man, we never would have heard of the kid, and we wouldn't be in this mess."

Other websites

• Official Commonwealth of Massachusetts Governors Biography Archived 2013-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
• Michael Dukakis on IMDb
• Michael S. Dukakis Archived 2010-12-16 at the Wayback Machine at the Northeastern University Department of Political Science
• Michael Dukakis Archived 2010-10-28 at the Wayback Machine at UCLA
• The Michael S. Dukakis Presidential Campaign records, 1962–1989 (bulk 1987–1988) Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine are in the Northeastern University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Department, Boston, MA.
• The Joseph D. Warren papers, 1972–2003 (bulk 1980–1990) Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine are in the Northeastern University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Department, Boston, MA.
• Dukakis discusses presidential debates Archived 2011-07-17 at Archive.today as reported in the Harvard Law Record
• Dukakis mentioned on MSNBC's Morning Joe: The Scoop on 'Boogie Man'