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Career
- Government of the State of California
- 2011–present
- 39th Governor of California Sacramento, California USA
- 2007–2011
- 31st Attorney General of California Sacramento, California USA
- 1975–1983
- 34th Governor of California Sacramento, California USA
- 1971–1975
- 24th Secretary of State of California Sacramento, California USA
- Government of the City of Oakland, California
- 1999–2007
- 47th Mayor of Oakland Oakland, California USA
- Radio Station KPFK
- 1995–1998
- 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
- 1969–1971
- 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 1956–1960
- University
- Santa Clara University Santa Clara, California USA 1955–1956
- Secondary school
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St. Ignatius High School
San Francisco, California USA
1951–1955
Member of California Cadet Corps
- Doctoral
- Yale Law School New Haven, Connecticut USA Juris Doctor Law 1961–1964
- 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