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The Birmingham City Council is the legislative branch that governs the City of Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It has nine members elected by district, and regularly meets on Tuesday mornings at Birmingham City Hall. The council has 11 subcommittees, each of which contains three members. [1] [2] The council was formed in 1963, when the city ...
Reorganized under Alabama's Mayor Council Act of 1955, the city government consisted of a mayor and nine at-large City Council representatives. Changing demographics in the city's electorate led to the election of Birmingham's first African-American mayor, Richard Arrington Jr., in 1979. [3] [4]
Leader of Birmingham City Council from 1984 to 1993. David Roy: 1995–1996: 1: Marion Arnott-Job: 1996–1997: 1: Sybil Spence: 1997–1998: 1: The first Black Lord Mayor. Susan Anderson: 1998–1999: 1: Ian McArdle: 1999–2000: 1: Theresa Stewart: 2000–2001: 1: Leader of Birmingham City Council from 1993 to 1999.
Richard Arrington Jr. (born October 19, 1934 in Livingston, Alabama) was the first African American mayor of the city of Birmingham, Alabama (U.S.) and the second African American on the City Council. He served on the council for two terms from 1971 to 1979 and was mayor of the city for 20 years from 1979 to 1999.
William A. Bell Sr. (born June 1, 1949) is an American politician who served as the 33rd mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, from 2010 to 2017. He had previously held the office on an interim basis in 1999. [2] [1] Prior to that, he had served several terms on the Birmingham City Council. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
John Bani – President and head of state of Vanuatu from 25 March 1998 until 24 March 2004; Anglican priest; Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley – UK politician; first member of the House of Lords to sit as a member of the Green Party; Anglican priest; Dennis Drainville - New Democratic MPP for Ontario from 1990-1993. Later Anglican ...
Feb. 20—An archdiocese-maintained list of Catholic clergy members who have been deemed "credibly accused" of sexual abuse in Northern New Mexico parishes should also include others named by ...
Randall Woodfin (born May 29, 1981) is an American lawyer and politician who is the 34th and current mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, after winning the October 3, 2017, runoff against incumbent William A. Bell. [1] He previously served as president of the Birmingham City School Board (2013–2015) and as a city attorney of Birmingham from 2009–2017.