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Madeleine M. Kunin
Politician
1933 –
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Who is Madeleine M. Kunin?
Madeleine May Kunin is an American diplomat and politician. She was the 77th Governor of Vermont from 1985 until 1991, as a member of the Democratic Party. She also served as United States Ambassador to Switzerland from 1996 to 1999. She was Vermont's first and, to date, only female governor as well as the first Jewish governor of Vermont. She was also the first Jewish woman to be elected governor of a U.S. state. Kunin is currently the James Marsh Professor-at-Large at the University of Vermont.
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- Born
- Sep 28, 1933
Zürich - Also known as
- Madeline M Kunin
- Madeleine Kunin
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Arthur Kunin
(1959 - ) - John W. Hennessey Jr
(2006/02/12 - )
- Arthur Kunin
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University
- University of Vermont
- Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Lived in
- Burlington
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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