Rudolph Giuliani

Its life

Giuliani was born in a catholic family from Brooklyn, one of the Borough of the town of New York, and grew with Garden City, Long Island.

It made its studies with Manhattan College before continuing studies of Droit to the Université of New York.

Graduate in 1968, it marries Regina Peruggi.

Beginning of professional path

It begins its professional path as clerk near judge Lloyd MacMahon, in the southern district of New York.

Politically, it is recorded at the democrats, then joined the independent ones and finally the republicans.

In 1970, Giuliani enters to the office of the federal prosecutor.

29 years old hardly, it is named chief of the office in load of opiates.

In 1975, Giuliani is engaged with Washington DC where it is named vice assistant Attorney General. It is at this station that he is his first public successes when he makes condemn for corruption the deputy Bert Podell.

Of 1977 with 1981, during the mandate of Jimmy Carter, Giuliani joined a law firm Patterson, Belknap, Webb and Tyler.

In 1981, when the republicans return to the White House, Giuliani is named " Associate Attorney General " with the ministry for the justice, where it supervises a great number of federal administrations like the department of drugs, Marshals federal…

In 1982, it manages to make declare no its marriage by the Catholic church (his wife was its cousin, which it says to have been unaware of).

In 1983, Giuliani is named U.S. Attorney of the southern district of New York. It is at this station that it successfully continues financial personalities of Wall Street. Thus, Marc Rich is continued by Giuliani for tax avoidance and illegal trade with the Iran. Rich will flee the the United States to settle in Suisse and will be finally grâcié by Bill Clinton at the last day of its mandate in 2001.

Giuliani does not meet that successes and it is shown to make justice spectacle and to carry out arrests in spite of the lack of dependant elements. But the successes of its fight against corruption, the traficants of drug, the organized crime and the criminals in White collar are quickly recognized and in little time, 4152 businesses are considered and condemned (against only 25 cases of release).

Qualified the incorruptible one, Giuliani goes even until continuing and making condemn a friend and financial contributor of his ally, Alphonse D' Amato, senator of New York to the Congrès of the United States, in spite of the pressures of this last to bury the business.

In 1984, Rudolph Giuliani wife Gave Hanover with which it will have two children (the couple will divorce in 2002). He will marry with Judith Nathan in 2003.

Candidate with the town hall of New York

In 1989, Rudolph Giuliani is the republican candidate with the town hall of New York. It is beaten of accuracy of 47.000 votes by the democrat David Dinkins on a total of almost 2 million expressed bulletins (112 votes went to an independent candidate).

In 1993, Giuliani is presented again to the town hall of New York against Dinkins. Its program is centered on the fight against criminality, unemployment (the city lost more than 330.000 employment in 4 years) and the budgetary control (the city is heavily in debt).

Dinkins receives the posted support of president Bill Clinton but shows the voters of Racisme (Dinkins is black, the city is rather democratic, but in 1989, Dinkins failed to be beaten and in 1993, must face the critics with the center even of its party).

Giuliani is finally elected with 82.000 votes in advance out of 1.889.000 of votes cast (including 53.000 votes related to a third candidate).

Mayor of New York City (1994-2001)

Policy of tolerance zero

As in the remainder of the the United States, the criminality and the Délinquance decreased during the years 1990 in New York. Between 1993 and 1998, the number of murders per annum was divided by more than three whereas the ordinary rate of delinquency crumbled and that the prostitution was éradiquée Times Square. Some considered that these results were the consequence (not classified by order of influence):

of the “Tolerance zero” (sanction with the first even minor offense)
of a stronger repression, (in particular against the traffickers in any kind, the prostitution networks and the organized crime)
of the fall of unemployment
of the rehabilitation of the districts of the north of Manhattan, for example of Harlem
of the omnipresence of the police force (passing from 27.000 in 1990 to 39.000 in 1999) and of the integration of the ethnic minorities in the police force
of a concerted work of the various municipal institutions, in particular of the schools.

The feeling of insecurity dropped. Thus, it became completely possible to walk without fear in all the districts of Manhattan. It is only advised with the tourists to pay more attention the night and to avoid Central Park then.

New York thrived economically during this first mandate and was set up in model for the other American cities after having been a counterexample a long time.

The detractors of Giuliani reproached him his authoritarianism, its brutal policy of tolerance zero, with the risk, according to-them, to imprison the innocent ones, to threaten the civil liberties of which those of the ethnic minorities (the city was continued a dozen time for violation of the first amendment) or to asepticize the city.

Urban policy

Giuliani also imposed strict standards as regards urban development. One owes him the transformation of Times Square of a tourist district the bottom-of-the-range one into a smarter, family district and in a high place of the business world and spectacles.

Political communication

As of its election, Giuliani started to carry out weekly press conferences since the steps of City Hall and to take part in popular television programs new yorkaises like Late Show, animated by David Letterman.

In 1999, it threatened to close the subsidies in Brooklyn Museum if it did not replace a table which it considered insulting for the Christian . It accepted the support of the religious groups with which it was not always in good terms. Giuliani was however repudiated by the courts.

Political ambitions

Re-elected triumphantly in 1998 for a second and last mandate, Giuliani thought of presenting to the senatorial elections 2000 to succeed the Democratic senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan who did not represent himself. Favorite of the surveys, its adversary is Hillary Clinton but the May 19th 2000, it announces that it is reached of a Cancer of the prostate and must give up to be made look after. In parallel, the advertisement of its connection with Judith Nathan whereas it is always married is skilfully exploited by its political detractors of any edge.

Impact of September 11th, 2001

He is still mayor of the city when occur the Attentats of September 11th, 2001 against the twin towers. Its action is very appreciated and glorifiée for the organization of the helps and its recognized leadership. Called mayor of America, it is made man of the year 2001 by Time Magazine. It contributes largely to the victory of its successor to the town hall of New York, the republican Michael Bloomberg.

Businessman and politician

In 2004, after reorganization of the capital, its company becomes the " Capital Giuliani Advisers LLC" , consultancy in fusion, acquisition, reorganization and strategy.

Giuliani conducted actively campaign for George W. Bush at the time of the presidential election of 2004. It was had a presentiment of for the post of Secretary of State to the internal security but it recommended to its place its former chief of the police force of New York, Bernard Kerik, which finally had to give up this station.

Presidential ambitions

Rudy Giuliani was had a presentiment of to present against Hillary Clinton in 2006 or to take the succession of George E. Pataki at the post of governor of the state.

Rudolph Giuliani is especially one of the most serious republican applicants to the American presidential election of 2008. According to the surveys, its main adversary would be Fred Thompson, the only one with being able to charm the republican nomination to him (Giuliani is pro-choice - favorable to the Avortement - what is a handicap at the time of the republican primary educations). According to a survey of 2005, the approval rating of Giuliani at the republicans is of 63% of positive opinions (against 17% the negative ones). According to a survey of August 2007 (published by Gallup), Giuliani would arrive at the head of the republican primary educations with 32% of the voices, preceding Fred Thompson (19%), Mitt Romney (14%). Opposed to Hillary Clinton, it would be beaten 51% to 43% according to, a survey of October 4th, 2007 published in Washington Post.

According to several surveys carried out in 2007, this one would gain the state of New York at the time of the presidential election except if she would be opposed to Rudolph Giuliani. According to a survey of Siena Research Institute of the October 20th 2005, Rudy Giuliani would obtain the vote of 48% of the voters new yorkais against 43% with Hillary Clinton.

According to another telephone survey of Stratégic Vision based on a sample of 1200 people, conduit of the 2 with the December 4th 2005, 62% of the inhabitants of the state of New York state to wish its candidature for the presidential election of 2008 (against 33% which wish it for Hillary Clinton).

It supported the pro-choice groups, which poses problems at the preserving republicans. If it supports measurements in favor of the abortion, it risks the excommunication of the Church. Moreover, it is already interdict of the sacraments because of its extraordinary marital situation.

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