Mike Duggan
Michael "Mike" Duggan (born July 15, 1958) is an American businessman and politician. He is currently a candidate for Mayor of Detroit, Michigan.[1]
Duggan's candidacy for Detroit mayor has received national attention[2] because he would be the first white mayor of the majority African-American city in four decades.
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.[3] He resigned his position at the DMC in 2012 to run for Mayor of Detroit.[4]
A Democrat, Duggan was an appointed and elected official in Wayne County, Michigan beginning in 1986. He was deputy County Executive from 1986 to 2002 under Edward H. McNamara and was elected Prosecutor in 2001.
Duggan holds undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Michigan and is a graduate of Detroit Catholic Central High School.