Paul Cellucci

Paul Cellucci

Argeo Paul Cellucci (born April 24, 1948 in Hudson , Massachusetts , † June 8, 2013 ibid) was an American politician ( Republican Party ). From 1997 to 2001 he was the 69th governor of the state of Massachusetts.

Life

Paul Cellucci graduated from Boston College's School of Management in 1970 ; three years later he passed his law exam at the local law school . He served from 1970 to 1978 in the Army Reserve , from which he retired with the rank of captain . He worked both as a car dealer in the family business and as a lawyer in a Hudson law firm.

Cellucci was a member of the Hudson City Council from 1971 to 1977. He then sat for four legislative terms in the Massachusetts House of Representatives , from which he moved to the State Senate in 1985 . During his third term in office, he served as deputy Republican parliamentary group leader. In 1990 he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts and thus Deputy Governor Bill Weld . When he resigned because he had been nominated as the new US ambassador to Mexico , Cellucci initially followed him temporarily; In 1998 he won the election for his own term against the Democrat Scott Harshbarger with 50.8 percent of the vote .

As governor, Paul Cellucci distinguished himself with classic republican positions in financial policy. He advocated streamlining the government apparatus and announced a significant reduction in income tax on the first day of his term in office. Other priorities of his government work were educational reform and the fight against domestic violence. Like his predecessor, he did not end his term of office because he was offered the post of US ambassador. In contrast to Bill Weld, whose appointment was never confirmed by the Senate , he also took up this office and represented American interests in Canada as the successor to Gordon Giffin from April 17, 2001 to March 17, 2005.

Cellucci resigned from the post of ambassador to accept an offer from auto parts maker Magna International . He worked there for a year before moving to the Boston law firm McCarter & English . In 2011 Celluci contracted amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , of which he died in June 2013 in his native Hudson at the age of 65. He left his wife and two daughters together.

Web links

Commons : Paul Cellucci  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Paul Cellucci in the National Governors Association (English)

• Paul Cellucci in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Associated Press : Ex-Massachusetts Governor Dies of Lou Gehrig's Disease. In: The New York Times . June 8, 2013 (English). Retrieved June 9, 2013.
2. ^ Ex-Massachusetts governor, ambassador Cellucci dies. In: USA Today . June 8, 2013 (English). Retrieved November 24, 2014.