George Deukmejian is a California politician from Long Beach.

A member of the Republican Party, he served in the California Assembly before becoming Attorney General in 1979. In 1982, he was elected to the first terms as Governor of California, serving as governor from 1983 to 1991.

Deukmejian was considered a hard-liner on law and order issues, and made his career by being tough on crime.

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