Rudy Giuliani

Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani III KBE (born May 28, 1944) served as the Mayor of New York City from January 1, 1994 through December 31, 2001. He is currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Giuliani Partners LLC, which he founded in January 2002.

Early career

Giuliani was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Garden City in Long Island. He attended Manhattan College before graduating from New York University School of Law magna cum laude in 1968. Upon graduation, he clerked for Judge Lloyd MacMahon, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York.

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Brooklyn - Garden City - Manhattan College - New York University - Magna cum laude - 1968 - New York

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Rudy Giuliani started his political life as a Democrat, before registering as an Independent. Afterward, he finally decided on being a Republican.

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In 1970, Giuliani joined the Office of the US Attorney. At age 29, he was named Chief of the Narcotics Unit and rose to serve as executive US Attorney. In 1975, Giuliani was recruited to Washington, D.C., where he was named Associate Deputy Attorney General and chief of staff to the Deputy Attorney General. His first high-profile prosecution was Congressman Bert Podell who was convicted of corruption. From 1977 to 1981, Giuliani practiced law at the Patterson, Belknap, Webb and Tyler law firm.

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1970 - Office of the US Attorney - 1975 - Washington, D.C. - Bert Podell - 1977 - 1981 - Law firm

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In 1981, Giuliani was named Associate Attorney General, the fourth highest position in the Department of Justice. As Associate Attorney General, Giuliani supervised all of the US Attorney Offices' Federal law enforcement agencies, the Department of Corrections, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the United States Marshals Service. During this time, he successfully argued on behalf of the U.S. government, in a high-profile case, that there was "no political repression" in Haiti under President Jean-Claude Duvalier, aka "Baby Doc".

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Department of Justice - Department of Corrections - Drug Enforcement Administration - United States Marshals Service - Political repression - Jean-Claude Duvalier

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In 1983, Giuliani was appointed U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. It was in that position that he first gained national prominence by prosecuting numerous high-profile cases, including indictments of Wall Street figures Ivan Boesky and Michael Milken for insider trading. Giuliani attracted some criticism for arranging very public arrests of people, then dropping charges for lack of evidence instead of going to trial. He also spearheaded the effort to jail drug dealers, fight organized crime, break the web of corruption in government, and prosecute white-collar criminals. He amassed a record of 4,152 convictions with only 25 reversals. Senator Alphonse D'Amato who had been an long-time ally of Giuliani broke with him because of his prosecution of D'Amato contributor Milken.

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1983 - U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York - Indictments - Wall Street - Ivan Boesky - Michael Milken - Insider trading - Drug dealers - Organized crime - White-collar criminals - Alphonse D'Amato

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It was in 1983 that Giuliani prosecuted Marc Rich on charges of tax evasion and illegally making oil deals with Iran during the hostage crisis. Rich fled the United States for Switzerland to avoid charges and was pardoned by President Bill Clinton in 2001.

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Marc Rich - Iran - Hostage crisis - United States - Switzerland - Pardoned - President - Bill Clinton - 2001

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Giuliani first ran as the Republican candidate for mayor in 1989 to succeed Ed Koch. Sponsored by D'Amato, cosmetics heir Ron Lauder first challenged Giuliani in the Republican primary and then in the general election ran on the Conservative Party line. Democrat David Dinkins was elected by a margin of 47,000 votes in 1,900,000 votes cast. 112,000 votes were cast for third party candidates.

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Republican - Mayor - 1989 - Ed Koch - Ron Lauder - Conservative Party - Democrat - David Dinkins - Third party

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