Ruth Noemí Colón (born November 21, 1958) was the 66th

Secretary of State of New York The secretary of state of New York is a cabinet officer in the government of the U.S. state of New York who leads the Department of State (NYSDOS). The current secretary of state of New York is Walter T. Mosley, a Democrat. Duties The secr ...

, serving in the Cabinets of Governors

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and

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. She was appointed by Governor Paterson to replace outgoing Secretary Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez who officially resigned on September 1, 2010. A resident of White Plains, Colón earned a bachelor degree in education and a master's degree in communications from the

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. Colón has a Juris Doctor from

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. Secretary Colón is a member of the Westchester Women's Bar Association and serves on the board of directors of the Puerto Rican Bar Association. On March 31, 2011, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the nomination of

Cesar A. Perales Cesar Augusto Perales (born November 12, 1940) is an American attorney, civil servant and was the previous Secretary of State of New York in the Cabinet of Governor Andrew Cuomo. Perales was appointed by Cuomo on March 31, 2011, and unanimously ...

for the Secretary of State position. Effective May 2, 2011, Perales replaced Colón as the state's new Secretary of State and was confirmed by the

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on June 7.''Governor Cuomo Announces the Nomination of Cesar A. Perales for New York State Secretary of State''
governor.ny.gov, March 31, 2011.

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