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Edward Gene "Ed" Rendell (; born January 5, 1944) an American lawyer and politician who served as the 45th Governor of Pennsylvania, from 2003 to 2011. Rendell, a member of the Democratic Party, served as mayor of Philadelphia from 1992 to 2000. Born in New York City to Jewish Russian Americans, Rendell moved to Pennsylvania for college, completing his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and J.D. from Villanova University School of Law. An Army Veteran, Rendell was elected District Attorney of Philadelphia for two terms from 1978 through 1986. He developed a reputation for being tough on crime,〔https://books.google.com/books?id=3qLIDDItIsYC&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=ed+rendell+rape&source=bl&ots=fK7LM5pxiR&sig=f2GOhG9wJcwZkYcP17d5MTcgjqk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAWoVChMIiaH_7pOZyQIVg3gmCh3FogJu#v=onepage&q=ed%20rendell%20rape&f=false〕 fueling a run for Governor of Pennsylvania in 1986, in which Rendell lost in the primary. Elected Mayor of Philadelphia in 1991, Rendell inherited a $250 million deficit and the lowest credit rating of any major city in the country; as mayor, he balanced Philadelphia's budget and generated a budget surplus while cutting business and wage taxes and dramatically improving services to Philadelphia neighborhoods. ''The New York Times'' stated that Philadelphia under Mayor Rendell "has made one of the most stunning turnarounds in recent urban history."〔(Philadelphia Climbs Out of Fiscal Depths and Builds by Sharing Sacrifices )〕 Nicknamed "America's Mayor" by Al Gore,〔(MAYOR ON A ROLL; Ed Rendell )〕 Rendell served as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee during the 2000 presidential election. In 2002, Rendell was elected Governor of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Democratic Governors Association Executive Committee and served as the Chairman of the National Governors Association. He was reelected in a landslide in 2006. He left office in 2011 due to term-limits, and released a book "A Nation of Wusses: How America’s Leaders Lost the Guts to Make Us Great" the following year. Rendell is also a football analyst on Comcast SportsNet's Eagles Postgame Live, hosted by Michael Barkann. ==Early life== Ed Rendell was born on January 5, 1944 in New York City, the son of Emma (née Sloat) and Jesse T. Rendell. His parents were Jewish, and all four of his grandparents were immigrants from Russia. He attended Riverdale Country School before the University of Pennsylvania, where he joined the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity〔2011 Pi Lambda Phi Membership Directory〕 in 1962 and earned a B.A. degree, 1965, and Villanova University School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1968. He served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1968 to 1974. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ed Rendell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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