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Arthur "Art" Christ Agnos (birth name: Arthouros Agnos ; born September 1, 1938 in Springfield , Massachusetts ) is a former American Democratic Party politician who was mayor of San Francisco between 1988 and 1992 .

Life

Arthur "Art" Christ Agnos, son of the Greek couple Chris Agnos and Mary Agnos, is a member of the Greek Orthodox Church and, after attending school, first completed an undergraduate degree at Bates College in Lewiston , which he obtained with a Bachelor of Arts (BA ) ended. A postgraduate course in the subject of Social Work at Florida State University , he completed (FSU) with a Master of Arts from (MA) and was after moving to California in 1966 employees of the Housing Authority of San Francisco (San Francisco Housing Authority) . On December 13, 1973, he was seriously injured by two gunshots by the Death Angels , a group of militant members of the Black Muslims .

1976 Agnos was for the Democratic Party for the first time as a member of the State Assembly of California ( California State Assembly ) elected and was one of these until the 1988th In his first election in 1976, he was able to prevail in the nomination against Harvey Milk , who was also a member of the Democratic Party and civil rights activist for the gay and lesbian movement . On January 8, 1988, he succeeded his party colleague Dianne Feinstein as mayor of San Francisco and held this office until he was replaced by Frank Jordan, who also belongs to the Democrats on January 8, 1992. In 1988 he was also a delegate of California to the Democratic National Convention , the Congress of the Democratic Party for the nomination of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates . After the Embarcadero Freeway was damaged by the Loma Prieta earthquake on October 17, 1989, the state's Department of Transportation , the California Department of Transportation, therefore planned to repair and maintain the two-story freeway. But after he had secured the funding, Agnos was able to prevail with his idea of ​​replacing the freeway with a boulevard. Agnos also planned an underpass at the Ferry Building and a large, open space in front of the building. After completing his term as mayor, he served between 1993 and his replacement by Richard Rainey in 2001 as Regional Administrator of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (US Department of Housing and Urban Development) in the region. 9

His marriage to Cheryl Hankins in 1975 resulted in two children. His sister Irene Agnos was temporarily Vice Chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

Trivia

In the biopic Milk from the year 2008 by Gus Van Sant on the life of Harvey Milk with Sean Penn in the title role, Art Agnos is of Jeff Koons presented.

Web links

Commons : Art Agnos  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ San Francisco: Mayors
personal data
SURNAME Agnos, Art
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Agnos, Arthur Christ (full name); Agnos, Arthouros (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Springfield , Massachusetts