William Weld

William Weld

William Floyd Weld (born July 31, 1945) is an American Republican politician and the former Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He served as that state's 68th governor from 1991 to 1997. He resigned when President Bill Clinton nominated him to be United States Ambassador to Mexico, however the nomination ultimately failed and he never took up the office. Prior to serving as Governor, Weld was a federal prosecutor in the United States Justice Department from 1981 to 1988. In October of 2012, he joined the law firm of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. as a Member in its Corporate & Securities and Litigation practices and as a Principal in its consulting affiliate, ML Strategies.