Chaka Fattah

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Chaka Fattah

Chaka Fattah (born November 21, 1956 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American politician . Between 1995 and 2016 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Chaka Fattah was born as Arthur Davenport . His mother changed his name after marrying an African American civil rights activist. He attended Overbrook High School and Community College in Philadelphia. Until 1986 he took various courses at the University of Pennsylvania . In the meantime, he studied at the the Harvard University belonging to John F. Kennedy School of Government . In 1980 and 1981 he worked for the Philadelphia City Council. He was part of the department for urban development and urban development. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party . Between 1982 and 1988 he was an MP in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives . He then sat in the State Senate from 1988 to 1994 .

In the 1994 congressional election , Fattah was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Lucien E. Blackwell on January 3, 1995 . Since he has been re-elected in all subsequent elections, he can continue to exercise his mandate today. His current term of office runs until January 3, 2017. His time as Congressman included the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks , the Iraq war and the military operation in Afghanistan . Fattah is a member of the Grants Committee and two sub-committees.

In 2015 he came into conflict with the law. On July 29th of that year, he was charged with criminal offenses including involvement in money laundering and bribery. On June 21, 2016, he was found guilty on 23 counts. He then resigned from Congress on June 23. If convicted, he appealed following the decision of the Supreme Court redefining bribery. He ran unsuccessfully in his party's primary election for another congressional candidacy.

Chaka Fattah is married for the second time and has four children.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ National Journal: Rep. Chaka Fattah (D) ( Memento from July 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

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personal data
SURNAME Fattah, Chaka
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Davenport, Arthur (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania