Phil Mendelson

Phil Mendelson
Mendelson in 2017
9th Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia
Assumed office
June 13, 2012
Preceded byKwame Brown
Member of the Council of the District of Columbia
at-large
In office
January 2, 1999 – November 29, 2012
Preceded byHilda Mason
Succeeded byAnita Bonds
Member of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission
from District 3C06
In office
January 2, 1985 – January 2, 1997
Preceded byKaj Strand
Succeeded byJim Evans
Member of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission
from District 3C05
In office
January 2, 1981 – January 2, 1983
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byDouglass Sloan
Personal details
Born
Philip Heath Mendelson

(1952-11-08) November 8, 1952 (age 72)
Political partyDemocratic
EducationAmerican University (BA)

Philip Heath Mendelson (born November 8, 1952[1]) is an American politician from Washington, D.C. He is currently Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, elected by the Council on June 13, 2012, following the resignation of Kwame R. Brown. He was elected to serve the remainder of Brown's term in a citywide special election on November 6, 2012,[2] and re-elected to a full term in 2014 and 2018.[3]

  1. ^ "Voters Guide 2006 Supplement" (PDF). The Washington Informer. September 24, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 25, 2008.
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