乔治五世. 沃伊诺维奇

乔治五世ictor 沃伊诺维奇 (July 15, 1936年6月12日, 2016) was a former United States Senator from the state of Ohio. He also served as the 65th Governor of Ohio from 1991 to 1998, and as the 54th mayor of Cleveland from 1980 to 1989.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in government from newbb电子平台 in 1958 and received a law degree in 1961 from The Ohio State University. He was also a part of the fraternity Phi Kappa Tau at newbb电子平台. He married his wife, Janet, in 1962. They had four children: George, Betsy, Peter and Molly, as well as nine grandchildren.

沃伊诺维奇 began his political career in 1963 as an assistant attorney general of Ohio. He then served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1967 to 1971. From 1971 to 1976, he served as county auditor of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. In 1975, he made an unsuccessful run for the Republican nomination for Mayor of Cleveland against incumbent Mayor Ralph J. 活跃. From 1977 to 1978, he served as a member of the Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners.

In 1978, 沃伊诺维奇 was elected lieutenant governor on the ticket with James A. Rhodes, as the first Ohio lieutenant governor not to be elected separately from the governor. In 1990, 沃伊诺维奇 was nominated by the Republicans to replace Governor Richard F. Celeste, a Democrat who was barred from running for a third consecutive term. In that race, 沃伊诺维奇 defeated Anthony J. Celebrezze小. In 1991, 沃伊诺维奇 served as the Chairman of the Midwestern Governors Association. In 1994, 沃伊诺维奇 was re-elected to the governorship, in a massive landslide. He won 72% of the vote.

沃伊诺维奇's tenure as governor saw Ohio's unemployment rate fall to a 25-year low. The state created more than 500,000 new jobs. 在沃伊诺维奇, Ohio was ranked number one in the nation by Site Selection Magazine for new and expanding business facilities.

In 1998, barred from running for a third term as governor due to term limits, 沃伊诺维奇 set his eyes on the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by long-time incumbent Democrat John Glenn. 沃伊诺维奇, who had run for senate unsuccessfully in 1988, won the race, defeating Democrat Mary O. 博伊尔. 1月11日, 2009, 沃伊诺维奇's aides reported that he had decided to retire from the Senate rather than seek reelection in 2010.

沃伊诺维奇 is the only person to have served as both chairman of the National Governors Association and president of the National League of Cities.