Ed Lee

Ed Lee
Official portrait, 2011
43rd Mayor of San Francisco
In office
January 11, 2011 – December 12, 2017
Preceded byGavin Newsom
Succeeded byLondon Breed (acting)
City Administrator of San Francisco
In office
June 22, 2005 – January 11, 2011
Preceded byWilliam Lee
Succeeded byNaomi Kelly
Personal details
Born
Edwin Mah Lee

(1952-05-05)May 5, 1952
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
DiedDecember 12, 2017(2017-12-12) (aged 65)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Resting placeCypress Lawn Memorial Park
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Anita Lee
(m. 1980)
Children2
EducationBowdoin College (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (JD)
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
Ed Lee
Traditional Chinese李孟賢
Simplified Chinese李孟贤
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLǐ Mèngxián
IPA[lì mə̂ŋɕjɛ̌n]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationLéih Máahngyìhn
Jyutpinglei5 maang5 jin4

Edwin Mah Lee (May 5, 1952 – December 12, 2017) was an American politician and attorney who served as the 43rd Mayor of San Francisco from 2011 until his death in 2017.[1]

Born in Seattle to Chinese American parents, Lee was a member of the Democratic Party. He took office as San Francisco city administrator in 2005 and was appointed on January 11, 2011, by the Board of Supervisors to serve out the remaining term of former mayor Gavin Newsom after Newsom resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of California. On November 8, 2011, he won the election to serve a full term as mayor. He was reelected in 2015.[2]

  1. ^ "Edwin M. Lee – Biography". Government Services Agency, City and County of San Francisco. Archived from the original on August 6, 2010. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
  2. ^ Swan, Rachel; Sernoffsky, Evan (December 12, 2017). "San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee dead at 65". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on December 12, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017.