serviceyears branch lieutenant children birth_date signature birthname term_end order term_start spouse image caption predecessor birth_place unit office district governor successor state_assembly article_title
1953 -- 1955 flag of the united states army.gif united states army leo t. mccarthy leslie 6 june 1928 george deukmejian signature.png courken george deukmejian , jr. . january 1967 7 , 1991 january 3 , 1983 1979 35th 27th january 1963 3 , 1983 january 8 , 1979 1967 gloria saatjian george deukmejian official portrait crop.jpg official portrait jerry brown evelle j. younger william grant menands , new york judge advocate general 's corps governor california state senate of california california attorney general member of the 39th jerry brown pete wilson john van de kamp james a. hayes california george deukmejian

george deukmejian

courken george deukmejian , jr. -lrb- ; born june 6 , 1928 -rrb- is an american politician who as a republican served as the 35th governor of california -lrb- 1983 -- 1991 -rrb- and as california attorney general -lrb- 1979 -- 1983 -rrb- .
deukmejian is the first and , so far , the only governor of a us state of armenian descent .
