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{{short description|American attorney and government figure|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox officeholder
'''Greg Bialecki''' (born 1960-61)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/01/31/festa_oconnell_resign_their_posts_in_governors_cabinet/?page=2|title=Festa, O'Connell resign their posts in governor's Cabinet|coauthors=Matt Viser and Kay Lazar|date=January 31, 2009|publisher=The Boston Globe|accessdate=21 February 2010}}</ref> has been the [[Massachusetts]] Secretary of Housing and Economic Development since he was appointed by Governor [[Deval Patrick]] in 2009. Prior to serving as secretary, Bialecki was Undersecretary of Business Development and spent twenty years as a real estate and environmental attorney at the law firms [[Hill & Barrow]] and [[DLA Piper]]. Bialecki attended [[Harvard University]] for both his undergraduate studies and law school.▼
|image=Greg Bialecki 2013.jpg
|caption = Official portrait, 2013
| name = Greg Bialecki
| nationality = [[United States|American]]
| occupation = Attorney
| alma_mater = [[Harvard College]]<br>[[Harvard Law School]]
| title = Massachusetts Secretary of Housing and Economic Development
| governor = [[Deval Patrick]]
| term_start = 2009
| term_end = 2015
| predecessor = Ranch C. Kimball
| successor = [[Jay Ash]]
}}
▲'''Greg Bialecki'''
Bialecki attended [[Harvard University]] for both his undergraduate studies and law school. In 2009 Bialecki was tapped to head up the Governor's efforts to bring controversial casino gambling to Massachusetts.<ref>[http://wampaleaks.blogspot.com/2011/07/bialecki-revenue-recapture-focus-then.html Bialecki: Casinos must have revenue recapture focus], WampaLeaks Blog, 5 July 2011.</ref> The Boston Globe reported in 2011 that Bialecki may have violated state ethics laws by purchasing stock in two casinos during the time at which he was helping to craft legislation that would benefit those companies. Bialecki sold the stocks at a 30 percent profit only after being contacted by the Globe.<ref>[http://articles.boston.com/2011-10-26/business/30324769_1_gaming-law-disclosure-form-financial-disclosure State economic chief’s casino holdings raising questions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531181426/http://articles.boston.com/2011-10-26/business/30324769_1_gaming-law-disclosure-form-financial-disclosure |date=2012-05-31 }}, Boston Globe, October 26, 2011.</ref> Bialecki and Governor Deval Patrick have come under fire for failing to investigate Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning Carl Stanley McGee (Stan McGee), their point man on casino legislation and negotiating a state casino compact with an Indian tribe, following his 2007 arrest in Florida where he was charged with sexually assaulting a 12- to 15-year-old boy.<ref>[http://www.redmassgroup.com/diary/14641/what-exactly-happened-in-florida-with-c-stanley-mcgee What exactly happened in Florida with Carl Stanley McGee], Red Mass Group, May 13, 2012.</ref>
He has a son, Tim.
==References==
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* [http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=gov3terminal&L=3&L0=Home&L1=Our+Team&L2=Cabinet&sid=Agov3&b=terminalcontent&f=profiles_bialecki&csid=Agov3 State Biography]
* [http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=ehedutilities&L=1&sid=Ehed&U=Ehed_bio Departmental Biography]▼
▲[http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=ehedutilities&L=1&sid=Ehed&U=Ehed_bio Departmental Biography]
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[[Category:1960s births]]
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[[Category:State cabinet secretaries of Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Harvard Law School alumni]]
[[Category:Harvard College alumni]]
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