Joseph Bruno

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Joseph Bruno

Joseph Louis Bruno (born April 8, 1929 in Glens Falls , Warren County , New York ) is an American politician . In 2008 he was acting lieutenant governor of New York State .

Career

Joseph Bruno graduated from St. Mary's Academy and then studied at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs until 1952 . Between 1952 and 1954 he served as a sergeant in the United States Army during the Korean War . Politically, he joined the Republican Party . In 1966 he was a member of Governor Nelson Rockefeller's campaign team. In 1968 and 1969 he was president of his party's youth organization in New York State; from 1974 to 1977 he was District Chairman of the Republicans in Rensselaer County . Between 1977 and 2008 he was a member of the New York Senate . From November 25, 1994 to June 24, 2008 he headed the Republican parliamentary group. In 2008 he also served as Temporary President of the Senate as Chairman of that body. It is worth mentioning his criticism of the Iraq war and the related policies of his fellow Republican party friend George W. Bush .

After the resignation of Governor Eliot Spitzer, his lieutenant governor David Paterson moved up to the highest office of the state. According to the state constitution, the vacant position now fell to the incumbent President of the State Senate, Joseph Bruno. From March 17, 2008, he held this position on a provisional basis. He was the deputy governor and formal chairman of the state senate. In the meantime, investigations into corruption had been launched against Bruno. He resigned as President of the Senate on June 24, 2008, faced with impending charges. This also eliminated the basis for his office as acting vice governor, which now fell to the new Senate President Dean Skelos .

On July 18, 2008, Bruno also resigned from the Senate. He was charged with corruption and fraud in January 2009 and was later sentenced to two years in prison. The procedure was revised and is to be restarted in May 2014. Joseph Bruno was married to Barbara Frasier, who died in January 2008 and with whom he had two grown-up children.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New York Times: Bruno, Former State Leader, Guilty of Corruption (December 7, 2009)
personal data
SURNAME Bruno, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bruno, Joseph Louis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Glens Falls , New York