Gerald Baliles

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Gerald Baliles
Chair of the National Governors Association
In office August 9, 1988 – August 1, 1989
Preceded by	John H. Sununu
Succeeded by	Terry Branstad
65th Governor of Virginia
In office January 18, 1986 – January 13, 1990
Lieutenant	Douglas Wilder
Preceded by	Chuck Robb
Succeeded by	Douglas Wilder
34th Attorney General of Virginia
In office January 16, 1982 – June 30, 1985
Governor	Chuck Robb
Preceded by	Marshall Coleman
Succeeded by	William Broaddus
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 35th district
In office January 14, 1976 – January 13, 1982
Preceded by	Howard Carwile
Succeeded by	C. Hardaway Marks
Personal details
Born	Gerald Lee Baliles (1940-07-08)July 8, 1940 Stuart, Virginia, U.S.
Died	October 29, 2019(2019-10-29) (aged 79) Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	Jeannie Patterson ​ ​ (m. 1965; div. 1996)​ Robin Deal ​ (m. 2003)​
Children	4
Education	Wesleyan University (BA) University of Virginia (LLB)

Gerald Lee Baliles (July 8, 1940 – October 29, 2019) was a Virginia lawyer and Democratic politician whose career spanned great social and technological changes in his native state.^[1] The 65th Governor of Virginia (from 1986 to 1990), the native of Patrick County previously served as the Commonwealth's attorney general (1982–85), and represented Richmond and Henrico County in the Virginia House of Delegates (1972-1982). After another stint in private legal practice, with Hunton & Williams (1991-2005), Baliles directed the nonpartisan Miller Center of Public Affairs associated with his alma mater, the University of Virginia (2006-2014).^[2]