Courken

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Courken is the Armenian given name of George Deukmejian, the 35th governor of California.

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Courken canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
birthDate 1928-06-06
birthPlace New York, New York, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 2018-05-08
deathPlace Long Beach, California, United States
educatedAt Siena College
St. John’s University School of Law
St. Paul’s School (Garden City, New York)
linked to: St. Paul’s School
ethnicGroup Armenian Americans
linked to: Armenians
familyName Deukmejian
givenName Courken
George
knownFor being the first Armenian-American Governor of California
tough-on-crime policies as Governor of California
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party (United States)
linked to: Republican Party
nativeLanguage Armenian
numberOfChildren 3
occupation lawyer
politician
officeEnd 1991-01-07
officeStart 1983-01-03
ordinalInOffice 35th Governor of California
positionHeld Governor of California
precededBy Jerry Brown
previousPositionHeld Attorney General of California
California State Senator
Member of the California State Assembly
religion Armenian Apostolic Church
residence Long Beach, California, United States
spouse Gloria Saatjian Deukmejian
linked to: Gloria Deukmejian
succeededBy Pete Wilson

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George Deukmejian givenName Courken
subject linked to: Deukmejian
Courken George Deukmejian Jr. givenName Courken
subject linked to: Courken