Madeleine M. Kunin

Madeleine Kunin May ( born September 28, 1933, Zurich, Switzerland ) is a former U.S. politician. She was from 1985 to 1991 Governor of the State of Vermont.

Early years and political rise

Madeleine Kunin was born into a Jewish family. With her ​​widowed mother, she emigrated in 1940 to the United States. She attended the University of Massachusetts until 1956. Then she was to 1957 at Columbia University, where she studied journalism. She finished her studies at the University of Vermont. She then worked for the " Burlington Free Press " as a journalist. Besides, she was a part-time in the teaching profession.

Kunin is a member of the Democratic Party. In 1972 she was elected for three terms of office in the House of Representatives of Vermont. Between 1979 and 1983 she served as Deputy Governor Deputy Governor Richard A. Snelling, against whom she unsuccessfully stood as a candidate in the gubernatorial elections of 1982.

Governor of Vermont

In 1984 she was elected the first female governor of Vermont. After being re-elected in each of the years 1986 and 1988, she was nationwide, the first woman ever who was elected three times in succession in the office of governor. Overall, they could remain in this Office between January 1985 and January 10, 1991 10. As Governor she campaigned for the environment, education policy and for the needs of children and adolescents. Kunin was also chairman of the Governor Association of New England states. In 1990, she declined to run again.

Further CV

After her time Governor Madeleine Kunin involved in federal politics. Under President Bill Clinton, whom she had supported during the election campaign, it was first deputy minister of education. Between 1996 and 1999 she was the U.S. ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Today she gives guest lectures at various universities. She is married after a divorce for the second time and has from her marriage to Arthur Kunin four children. Since 1996 she has been married to John Hennessey.