Jerry Brown : Ask Biography

Personal data

Date of birth

April 7, 1938(age 78)

Place of birth

San Francisco, California

Political party

Democratic

Spouse

Anne Gust

Residence

Oakland, California

Alma mater

Santa Clara University
University of California, Berkeley
Yale Law School

Religion

Roman Catholicism

34th and 39th Governor of California

Assumed office

January 3, 2011

Lieutenant

Abel Maldonado (2011)
Gavin Newsom (since 2011)

Preceded by

Arnold Schwarzenegger

In office

January 6, 1975 - January 3, 1983

Lieutenant

Mervyn M. Dymally (1975 � 1979)
Mike Curb (1979 � 1983)

Succeeded by

George Deukmejian

Preceded by

Ronald Reagan

31st Attorney General of California

In office

January 9, 2007 - January 3, 2011

Governor

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Succeeded by

Kamala Harris

Preceded by

Bill Lockyer

44th Mayor of Oakland

In office

January 4, 1999 - January 8, 2007

Succeeded by

Ron Dellums

Preceded by

Elihu Harris

24th Secretary of State of California

In office

January 4, 1971 - January 6, 1975

Governor

Ronald Reagan

Succeeded by

March Fong Eu

Preceded by

H. P. Sullivan (Acting)

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Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is an American politician. Brown served as the 34th Governor of California (1975 � 83), and is currently serving as the 39th California Governor (2011 � present). He is the son of Pat Brown, the 32nd Governor of California (1959 � 67).

Both before and after his first two terms as governor, Brown was elected to a number of state, local and party offices. Brown previously served as a member of the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees (1969 � 1971), Secretary of State of California (1971 � 1975), chairman of the California Democratic Party (1989 � 1991), Mayor of Oakland (1999 � 2007) and Attorney General of California (2007 � 2011).

At the time of his election to a third, non-consecutive term as governor, on November 2, 2010, Brown was serving as the 31st Attorney General of California, an elected position. Brown was formally inaugurated as governor on January 3, 2011, the 28th anniversary of the end of his last term. During his first term (as California's 34th Governor), he was the sixth-youngest Governor of that state. Upon his inauguration as California's 39th Governor, he became its oldest serving governor. At the age of April 7, 1938(age 78), Brown is also the oldest currently serving governor in the United States.

Brown sought the Democratic nominations for President of the United States in 1976, 1980, and 1992, and was the Democratic candidate for the United States Senate in California in 1982 but was unsuccessful in these attempts.