Rudolph William Louis Giuliani is an American politician and disbarred lawyer. He began his career in public service, appointed by President Ronald Reagan as U.S.
Associate Attorney General from 1981 to 1983. Following this, he served as the U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1983 to 1989, where he led federal prosecutions against organized crime, white-collar criminals, drug dealers, and corrupt elected officials.