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Jimmy N. Dimos (born October 18, 1938, in the Republic of Macedonia) is a retired state Fourth Judicial District Court judge based in Monroe in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. Dimos (pronounced "DEE MOSE") is also a former Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, having served from 1976 to 1999. From 1988 to 1992, he was the Speaker of the House, the recommended choice of then Democratic Governor Charles E. "Buddy" Roemer, III. ==Early years, education, family== Dimos is a native of the Republic of Macedonia. He immigrated to the United States in 1951. His future Louisiana House colleague, Ron Gomez of Lafayette, described him, accordingly, when he nominated Dimos to be Speaker of the state House: "This is a man who arrived alone in New York City at age 12 after a lonely flight from his home in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He could not speak English. He would not see his mother for another six months when she would finally be allowed to come to America. In New York, this 12-year-old found that his continuing flights to Monroe,Louisiana, where his father waited, could not be completed for two more days. From this shaky start in this new world, Jimmy Dimos proceeded to learn English, put himself through high school, college and law school and serve three previous disntinguished terms in this House of Representatives. Yes, he is a man of courage -- a man of integrity, and a man who I am proud to nominate as Speaker. May we stand united. He and we who are committed to working toward those changes so desperately needed in this state will need your understanding, your guidance, you tolerance and . . . your prayers."〔Ron Gomez, ''My Name Is Ron And I'm a Recovering Legislator: Memoirs of a Louisiana State Representative'', Lafayette, Louisiana: Zemog Publishing, 2000, ISBN 0-9700156-0-7, pp. 190-191〕 In 1956, Dimos graduated from Neville High School in Monroe. In 1960, he received his bachelor's degree from the University of Louisiana at Monroe (then Northeast Louisiana State College). In 1963, Dimos garnered a degree from Tulane University Law School in New Orleans. The next year he was admitted to the bar and joined the McKeithen, Mouser and McKinley law firm. The "McKeithen" in the partnership was John Julian McKeithen of Columbia in Caldwell Parish, who served as governor of Louisiana from 1964 to 1972. Dimos is married to the former Dale Guilkey. They have four children — John, Laura, Myra, and Christy — and five grandchildren, as of July 2006. Before he entered the legislature, Dimos was the executive director from 1971 to 1972 of the Miss Louisiana Pageant. In his younger years, he was active in the Louisiana Jaycees. Thereafter, he was in the Chamber of Commerce and Rotary International. He is Episcopalian. 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「Jimmy Dimos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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