CURRENT:
Governor of New York, elected in 1982 and re-elected in 1986.
Announced he would not be a candidate for president Nov. 20, 1991.

CAREER:
· Re-elected governor in 1986, defeating Westchester County Executive Andrew P. O'Rourke (R) by 64.3% to 31.8%.
· Elected governor in 1982; after defeating Ed Koch in the primary, he defeated former Rite-Aid president Lew Lehrman (R) in the general election by 50.9% to 47.5%.
· Elected lieutenant governor in 1978.
· Candidate for Mayor of New York City in 1977, losing to U.S. Rep. Ed Koch.
· Secretary of State of New York, Jan. 1975-Dec. 1978.
· Candidate for lieutenant governor in 1974, defeated in the primary.
· Attorney at Comer, Weisbrod, Froeb and Charles.
· While at St. John's University, Cuomo signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates; played 81 games for the minor league Brunswick (GA) Pirates in summer 1952.
· Author of Forest Hills Diary: The Crisis of Low-income Housing (1975) and Diaries of Mario M. Cuomo: The campaign for governor (1984).

EDUCATION:
B.A. (1953) and LL.B. (1956) from St. John's University.

FAMILY:
Married Matilda Raffa in 1954, five children.

AGE:
60 years, 7.2 months old on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 1993.
Born June 15, 1932 in Queens; the family, of Italian origin, ran a grocery store.