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George Elmer Pataki (/ pəˈtɑːki /; born June 24, 1945) is an American politician who served as the 53rd governor of New York from 1995 to 2006. He previously served in the State Legislature from 1985 to 1994, and as the mayor of Peekskill from 1981 to 1984. Pataki was the third Republican since 1923 to win New York's governorship, after ...
Through the work of his non-for-profit, Pataki has led several missions to Ukraine, delivering over 200 tons of medical supplies, modular housing units, and heat for over 1,000,000 refugees. This year, Governor Pataki was nominated for a Nobel Prize due to his humanitarian work in Ukraine.
Jun 21, 2023 · Pataki was the governor of New York during the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and led the state during one of the toughest times in U.S. history. ... Nobel Prize winner and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel ...
3 days ago · The Nobel memorial prize in economics has been awarded to three economists who have studied why some countries are rich and others poor and have documented that freer, open societies are more ...
May 28, 2015 · Pataki bagged the biggest prize that day, shocking the political world by defeating three-term incumbent Mario Cuomo, the man who had symbolized liberal resistance to Ronald Reagan's conservatism ...
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Bill speaks with former New York Governor George Pataki about Ukraine, the Republican Party, and the esteemed prize for which he is nominated.
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Mahatma Gandhi – The missing laureate. Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) has become the strongest symbol of non-violence in the 20th century. It is widely held – in retrospect – that the Indian national leader should have been selected for the Nobel Peace Prize. He was nominated several times, but was never awarded the prize.
