Bruce Harrell

Bruce Harrell
Photograph of Bruce Harrell
Harrell in 2022
54th and 57th Mayor of Seattle
Assumed office
January 1, 2022
Preceded byJenny Durkan
Acting
September 13, 2017 – September 18, 2017
Preceded byEd Murray
Succeeded byTim Burgess
President of the Seattle City Council
In office
January 5, 2016 – January 5, 2020
Preceded byTim Burgess
Succeeded byLorena González
Member of the Seattle City Council
In office
January 3, 2008 – January 6, 2020
Preceded byPeter Steinbrueck
Succeeded byTammy Morales
ConstituencyDistrict 2 (2016–2020)
Position 3 (2008–2016)
Personal details
Born
Bruce Allen Harrell

(1958-10-10) October 10, 1958 (age 66)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Joanne Harrell
(m. 1992)
Residence(s)Seward Park, Washington, U.S.
EducationUniversity 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.

  1. ^ Laws, Cindi (October 20, 2015). "The Case for Bruce Harrell". South Seattle Emerald. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  2. ^ Beekman, Daniel (January 4, 2016). "New Seattle City Council sworn in Monday". The Seattle Times.
  3. ^ Beekman, Daniel (September 13, 2017). "City Council President Bruce Harrell becomes Seattle's 54th mayor; Ed Murray steps down". The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
  4. ^ DeMay, Daniel (September 18, 2017). "Seattle council picks Burgess as new interim mayor". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved September 18, 2017.

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