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Paul Efthemios Tsongas (; (ギリシア語:Παύλος Ευθύμιος Τσόνγκας); February 14, 1941January 18, 1997) was a United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1979 to 1985. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in the 1992 presidential election. He previously served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts's 5th congressional district (1975–1979) and held local political office. ==Early life== Tsongas was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, along with a twin sister, Thaleia, to a once working-class family who came to own a very successful dry cleaning business in Lowell.〔Sara Rimer - ("Hometown Recalls Paul Tsongas as Hero Who Inspired Renewal and Pride" ), New York Times, January 23, 1997. Retrieved 2015-08-27〕 His father, Efthemios George Tsongas, was a Greek immigrant, and his mother, Katina (née Pappas; originally Panagiotopoulos), was of Greek descent.〔(The Journal of Psychohistory - Google Books ). Books.google.ca. Retrieved on 2013-08-23.〕 Paul attended Dartmouth College, graduating in 1962, then Yale Law School and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard before settling in Lowell, Massachusetts. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ethiopia from 1962–1964, and as Peace Corps Country Director in the West Indies from 1967–1968. In 1967 Paul Tsongas, working as an aide to Congressman Frank B. Morse, met Niki Sauvage, who was spending the summer in Arlington, Virginia. She married Paul in 1969, and they had three daughters: Ashley, Katina, and Molly. 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「Paul Tsongas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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