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The mayor of Chicago is the chief executive of city government in Chicago, Illinois, the third-largest city in the United States.The mayor is responsible for the administration and management of various city departments, submits proposals and recommendations to the Chicago City Council, is active in the enforcement of the city's ordinances, submits the city's annual budget and appoints city ...
A list of mayors still in office and ordered by their length of continuous service in that office. (If there is a break in their service, then this length is measured from their return to the office.) The longest-serving current mayor of one of the 50 largest cities in the United States is Jean Stothert, who has been mayor of Omaha since June ...
This is a list of mayors of the 50 largest cities in the United States, ordered by their populations as of July 1, 2022, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau. [1] [2] These 50 cities have a combined population of 49.6 million, or 15% of the national population.
Richard Michael Daley (born April 24, 1942) is an American politician who served as the 54th [1] mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1989 to 2011.Daley was elected mayor in 1989 and was reelected five times until declining to run for a seventh term.
He was appointed by Governor Adlai Stevenson II as head of the Illinois Department of Finance, serving in that role from 1949 through 1950, [6] [14] the year he made a successful run for Cook County Clerk. Daley held that position until being elected Chicago's mayor. [6] [13] 11th Ward Democratic committee office, Bridgeport, Chicago
Chicago’s financial forecast is clouded by a $982.4 million budget deficit, and Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed $300 million property tax hike has stirred up a storm of discontent with council ...
Daley was the longest-serving mayor of Chicago, serving 22 years with five full terms, plus a partial term. [1] Daley began his electoral political career being elected to serve as a delegate to the 1969–1970 Illinois constitutional convention. [2] [3]
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer said that the mayors of Chicago, Boston, Denver and New York City have confirmed their attendance to testify at a full ...