Michael Anthony Bilandic

Michael Anthony Bilandic (* 13. February 1923 in Chicago , Illinois ; † 16th January 2002 ) was an American lawyer , politician of the Democratic Party and mayor of Chicago .

Life

After attending De La Salle High School in Chicago in 1940, the son of Croatian immigrants began studying at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota , where he earned a Bachelor of Science (BS). During the Second World War , he did his military service in the US Marine Corps , where he was last promoted to first lieutenant . A subsequent postgraduate studies of law at the Law School of DePaul University , he graduated with a Juris Doctor from (JD) and was after the lawyer's approval in the state of Illinois as a lawyer in Chicago operates.

He began his political career in 1969 when he was elected to the Chicago City Council as a candidate for the Democratic Party and represented the 11th constituency there until 1976 . After the death of longtime mayor Richard J. Daley on December 20, 1976, he was elected mayor of Chicago on December 28, 1976 by the city council as its successor. In the code ( Primary ) on the establishment of democratic mayoral candidate in 1979 but he lost his internal party opponent Jane Byrne , whom he had fired when he took office in 1976 as head of the municipal Office of Consumer Protection. Another reason for his electoral defeat was his mismanagement at the Chicago Blizzard in 1979, which was criticized by the population.

He then retired from politics and later began a career as a judge , where he was initially from 1984 to 1990 judge at the Court of Appeal of the 1st District of Illinois, which is responsible for Chicago and Cook County . After he was between 1990 and 2000 Supreme Court of the State of Illinois ( Supreme Court of Illinois ) and during this period from 1994 to 1996 the President ( Chief Justice ).

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• Michael Anthony Bilandic in nndb (English)