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Career

Government of the State of California
2011–present
39th Governor of California Sacramento, California USA
20072011
31st Attorney General of California Sacramento, California USA
19751983
34th Governor of California Sacramento, California USA
19711975
24th Secretary of State of California Sacramento, California USA
Government of the City of Oakland, California
19992007
47th Mayor of Oakland Oakland, California USA
Radio Station KPFK
19951998
Radio Talk Show Host San Francisco, California USA
Tuttle & Taylor
Attorney Los Angeles, California USA

Professional memberships

California Democratic Party Sacramento, California USA Chairman (1989 - 1991)

Accomplishments of note

2004
Essayist: The Jerry Brown Reader Author
1998
Essayist: Dialogues Author
1993
Filmographer: The War Room Appeared as himself with directors Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker
1993
Filmographer: The Last Party Appeared as himself with directors Mark Benjamin and Marc Levin

Community

Community service

19691971
Los Angeles Community College District Los Angeles, California USA
Nationality
American
Politics
Democrat
Denomination
Roman Catholic

Education

University
University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California USA Bachelor of Arts Classics (Latin and Greek) Degree conferred 1962
Seminary
Sacred Heart Novitiate Los Gatos, California USA 19561960
University
Santa Clara University Santa Clara, California USA 19551956
Secondary school
St. Ignatius High School San Francisco, California USA 19511955

Member of California Cadet Corps

Doctoral
Yale Law School New Haven, Connecticut USA Juris Doctor Law 19611964
Native language
English

Family

Vital statistics

Birth information
April 7, 1938
Gender
Male
Place of birth
San Francisco, California USA
Marital status
Married

Marriage

2005–present
Anne Baldwin (Gust) Brown

Parents

Father
Edmund Gerald “Pat” BROWN, Sr. (1905 - 1996)
Mother
Bernice (Layne) Brown (1908 - 2002)

Grandparents

Father's father
Edmund Joseph BROWN (1870 - 1942)
Father's mother
Ida (Schuckman) Brown (1878 - 1974)
Mother's father
Arthur D. LAYNE
Mother's mother
Allis (Cunel) Layne

Ancestry

Irish and German