Edwin M. Lee

Ed Lee (2011)

Edwin Mah "Ed" Lee (born May 5, 1952 in Seattle , Washington , † December 12, 2017 in San Francisco , California ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party . He was the 43rd mayor of San Francisco and its first mayor of Asian descent; his parents immigrated from Taishan in southern China in the 1930s . He was elected by the City Council on January 11, 2011 to succeed Gavin Newsom for the remainder of his term and on November 8, 2011 in a regular election for a full term.

Lee attended Bowdoin College and after graduating there in 1974 studied at the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley . In 1978 he finished his studies.

Lee was married and had two daughters. He died unexpectedly in San Francisco at the age of 65.

Web links

Commons : Edwin M. Lee - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Ed Lee in the nndb (English)
About the Mayor. Edwin Lee, 43rd Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco. City and County of San Francisco: Office of the Mayor, archived from the original on June 21, 2017 ; accessed on December 13, 2017 (English).

↑ Natasha Bach: San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee Has Died at 65 . Fortune , December 12, 2017, accessed December 13, 2017.

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SURNAME	Lee, Edwin M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lee, Edwin Mah; 李孟贤 (Chinese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician, Mayor of San Francisco
DATE OF BIRTH	May 5th 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH	Seattle , Washington , United States
DATE OF DEATH	December 12, 2017
Place of death	San Francisco , California , United States