Rudy Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani is an American politician and disbarred lawyer who served as the 107th Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001. Before his mayoralty, he held senior federal roles, including U.S. Associate Attorney General (1981- 1983) and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (1983- 1989), where he gained national recognition for prosecuting organized crime and high-profile corruption cases.

As mayor, Giuliani was praised for reducing crime and for his leadership during the September 11, 2001 attacks, earning the nickname "America’s Mayor" and being named Time magazine’s Person of the Year.

After leaving office, he launched a consulting firm, remained active in politics, and became a media commentator. Giuliani later served as Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, playing a key role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. His actions led to multiple legal issues, including indictments in Georgia and Arizona, a $148 million defamation judgment, and disbarment in New York and Washington, D.C. in 2024.

Rudy Giuliani was raised in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York City.

• Rudolph William Louis Giuliani was born on May 28, 1944, in Brooklyn, New York.
• Giuliani was raised a Roman Catholic.
• At age 7, his family moved from Brooklyn to Garden City South, Long Island.
• He attended St. Anne’s Catholic School in Garden City South.
• Later, he commuted to Brooklyn to attend Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School, graduating in 1961.
• He enrolled at Manhattan College in Riverdale, Bronx, majoring in political science with a minor in philosophy.
• After graduating from college, Giuliani attended New York University School of Law, earning his Juris Doctor degree in 1968.
• Giuliani began his political career as a Democrat, volunteering for Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 presidential campaign.
• He also served as a Democratic Party committeeman on Long Island.

Rudy Giuliani comes from a working-class family.

• Rudy Giuliani is the only child of Helen (née D'Avanzo) and Harold Angelo Giuliani, both children of Italian immigrants.
• Harold Giuliani, a plumber and bartender, struggled to maintain steady employment and was sentenced to Sing Sing prison for felony assault and robbery.
• After his release, he worked with his brother-in-law, who operated a gambling and loan-sharking operation connected to organized crime.
• Giuliani has been married three times and has two children.
• In 1968, he married his second cousin, Regina Peruggi. Although they separated in the mid-1970s, their divorce was finalized in 1983.
• His second marriage was to Donna Hanover, with whom he has two children: Andrew and Caroline.
• Giuliani and Hanover filed for divorce in 2000, following a highly publicized split involving his extramarital relationship with Judith Nathan.
• Nathan was initially barred from meeting Giuliani’s children until the divorce was finalized.
• Giuliani married Judith Nathan in 2003, following his battle with prostate cancer.
• They separated in September 2018.
• After the separation, Giuliani confirmed a relationship with Maria Ryan, a nurse practitioner who was alleged to have been his mistress during his marriage to Nathan.