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Michael E. Duggan
Mayor-elect of Detroit
Assuming office
January 1, 2014
SucceedingDave Bing
Detroit Medical Center CEO
In office
January 2004 – December 2012
Prosecutor
In office
2001–2003
Deputy County Executive
In office
1987–2001
Personal details
Born (1958-07-15) July 15, 1958 (age 65)
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
EducationAttended University of Michigan, doctorate of jurisprudence
Occupationbusinessman
Websitehttp://www.dugganfordetroit.com

Michael E. "Mike" Duggan (born July 15, 1958) is an American businessman and politician. In 2013 he was elected mayor of Detroit, Michigan,[1] which received national attention in part because he is the first white mayor of the majority-black city since Roman Gribbs' tenure in the early 1970s.[2] He received 52 percent of the primary vote as a write-in candidate,[3] then 55% of the vote in the mayoral run-off in November 2013.

Duggan completed an undergraduate degree at University of Michigan in 1980, and graduated from its law school in 1983. He also is a graduate of Detroit Catholic Central High School. A Democrat, Duggan was an appointed and elected official in Wayne County, Michigan beginning in 1986 as Wayne County's assistant corporation counsel. He was deputy County Executive from 1987 to 2001 under Edward H. McNamara and was elected prosecutor in 2000.[4]

Beginning in 2004, Duggan was president and CEO of the Detroit Medical Center. He was in this position when the formerly nonprofit DMC was sold to publicly traded Vanguard Health Systems in 2010.[5]

He resigned his position at the DMC in 2012 and moved from the suburb of Livonia to the city of Detroit, to run for the office of mayor.[6] However, he failed to qualify for the ballot because he turned in his petition less than a year after establishing residency in the city; if he had waited two more weeks to file, he would have qualified.[7] He mounted a write-in campaign, receiving enough votes in the August primary for his name to be placed on the ballot for the run-off election in November, along with second-place finisher Benny Napoleon.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Poll: Mike Duggan Leads Race For Detroit Mayor". Huffington Post. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  2. ^ Smith, Jay Scott (5 March 2013). "Mike Duggan: A White Candidate For (Gasp!) Detroit". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  3. ^ ASSOCIATED PRESS (7 August 2013). "Write-ins dominate Detroit voting". Politico. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  4. ^ Kosmetatos, Sofia (27 July 2007). "Tough medicine: DMC's comeback is latest success for Duggan". The Detroit News.
  5. ^ "Vanguard Set to Acquire Detroit Hospitals". The Wall Street Journal. 31 December 2010.
  6. ^ Helms, Matt (8 November 2012). "Mike Duggan to step down as DMC chief in pursuit of Detroit mayoral bid". Detroit Free Press.
  7. ^ Staff (28 June 2013). "Mike Duggan will run for Detroit mayor as write-in candidate". WJBK-TV Fox 2. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  8. ^ "How underdog story propelled Mike Duggan to top vote-getter in Detroit primary". Detroit Free Press. 7 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.

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