George Gascón Politician

George Gascón (born 1954) is the District Attorney of San Francisco. Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed him to that post on January 9, 2011, to succeed Kamala Harris, who had been elected California Attorney General in November 2010. In November 2011, George Gascón was elected as District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco after winning more than 62% of the vote in the third round of San Francisco's Instant-runoff voting poll. He was sworn in on January 5, 2012 as San Francisco's twelfth elected and first Latino district attorney.

Personal facts

Birth date	January 01, 1954
Birth place	Havana , Cuba
Nationality	United States
Residence	California , San Francisco
Education	California State University Long Beach Western State College of Law at Argosy University
Spouse	Fabiola Kramsky