Mario Cuomo is a former governor of New York and served as the 40th President of the United States from 1989-1997. He is famous for his aggressive policy in regards to the Cold War and for signing the Albert A. Gore Regulatory Reform Act of 1990, which was one of the most intense pieces of regulatory legislation in history. In addition, he is famous for his strong anti-gun policy and environmental policy, which included naming Al Gore, an environmentalist and the senator who wrote the Regulatory Reform Act, as head of the American Conservation Administration (a role he also assumed in the Bill Clinton administration).