Bruce Harrell | |
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54th and 57th Mayor of Seattle | |
Assumed office January 1, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Jenny Durkan |
Acting September 13, 2017 – September 18, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Ed Murray |
Succeeded by | Tim Burgess |
President of the Seattle City Council | |
In office January 5, 2016 – January 5, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Tim Burgess |
Succeeded by | Lorena González |
Member of the Seattle City Council | |
In office January 3, 2008 – January 6, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Peter Steinbrueck |
Succeeded by | Tammy Morales |
Constituency | District 2 (2016–2020) Position 3 (2008–2016) |
Personal details | |
Born | Bruce Allen Harrell October 10, 1958 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse |
Joanne Harrell (m. 1992) |
Residence(s) | Seward Park, Washington, U.S. |
Education | University of Washington (BA, JD) City University of Seattle (MS) |
Bruce Allen Harrell (born October 10, 1958)[1] is an American politician and attorney serving as the 57th and current mayor of Seattle, Washington. He was a member of the Seattle City Council from 2008 to 2020. From 2016 to 2020, he was president of the city council.[2] He was acting mayor of Seattle from September 13 to 18, 2017.[3][4] He was elected mayor in his own right in the 2021 Seattle mayoral election, becoming the city's second Black mayor, and its first African-Asian American mayor.