William Weld

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William Weld is an American Republican politician and attorney who served as governor of Massachusetts in the 1990s and later became known for his roles in Libertarian and moderate Republican politics.

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William Weld canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf attorney ⓘ
governor ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
surface form: Harvard College

Harvard Law School ⓘ
University College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Weld ⓘ
fieldOfWork law ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
public policy ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasActivity federal law enforcement administration ⓘ
state-level executive leadership ⓘ
third-party politics in the United States ⓘ
ideology economic liberalism ⓘ
small-government conservatism ⓘ
social liberalism ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of limited government and civil liberties ⓘ
bipartisan governance in Massachusetts ⓘ
fiscal conservatism and social liberalism ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
legalSpecialty criminal law ⓘ
federal prosecution ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Libertarian Party (United States) ⓘ
surface form: Libertarian Party

Republican Party ⓘ
notableWork Governorship of Massachusetts in the 1990s ⓘ
Moderate Republican presidential primary challenge to Donald Trump in 2020 ⓘ
Role in Libertarian Party presidential ticket 2016 ⓘ
occupation attorney ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeContested Governor of New York ⓘ
President of the United States ⓘ
Vice President of the United States ⓘ
partySwitch from Republican Party to Libertarian Party and back to Republican Party ⓘ
politicalAlignment libertarian-leaning ⓘ
moderate Republican ⓘ
positionHeld Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division ⓘ
surface form: Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice

Governor of Massachusetts ⓘ
United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ
residence Massachusetts ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Massachusetts ⓘ
New York ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Charlie Baker → appointedBy → William Weld ⓘ
Charlie Baker → servedUnder → William Weld ⓘ