Jerry Brown took office as California's Attorney General in January 2007. During his political career, he has served two terms as mayor of Oakland, two terms as the governor of California and one term as California secretary of state. He has also been a three-time Democratic candidate for president; his 1992 campaign was noteworthy for its innovative grassroots strategies and advocacy of campaign finance reform. During the 1980s, Brown led delegations to China and the Soviet Union, spent six months in Japan studying Japanese culture and Buddhist practice, worked with Mother Teresa in India and traveled to Bangladesh as a CARE goodwill ambassador during the floods of 1988. He founded the Oakland School for the Arts and the Oakland Military Institute; both schools serve students from the 6th through 12th grades. Brown received a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

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