Gloria Deukmejian | |
Birth Name: | Gloria May Saatjian |
Birth Date: | 1 November 1932 |
Birth Place: | Long Beach, California, U.S. |
Office2: | 32nd First Lady of California |
Governor2: | George Deukmejian |
Term Label2: | In role |
Term Start2: | January 3, 1983 |
Term End2: | January 7, 1991 |
Predecessor2: | Nancy Reagan (1975) |
Successor2: | Gayle Wilson |
Party: | Republican |
Gloria May Deukmejian (née Saatjian; November 1, 1932) is a former First Lady of California from 1983 to 1991 and the widow of former California Governor George Deukmejian.
Saatjian, the daughter of Armenian immigrants, was introduced to Deukmejian by his sister. They married on February 16, 1957, [1] [2] [3] [4] and had two daughters and one son.