Detroit mayoral race mike duggan biography

Who is the current mayor of detroit

Michael Edward Duggan born July 15, [ 1 ] is an American lawyer, businessman, and politician serving as the 75th mayor of Detroit , Michigan since An Independent , Duggan previously served as the Wayne County Prosecutor from to , and as the deputy county executive of Wayne County from to Duggan received a bachelor's degree in and a Juris Doctor degree in , both from the University of Michigan.

He received national attention following his election in , in part for being the first white mayor of the majority-black city since Roman Gribbs in the early s, when Detroit's population still had a white majority. In November , Duggan announced that he would not seek reelection as mayor. Duggan was born in Detroit on July 15, , to Patrick J.

Duggan and Joan Colosimo. As a Democrat , Duggan has served as an appointed and an elected official in Wayne County, Michigan , beginning in as Wayne County's assistant corporation counsel. He was deputy County Executive from to under Edward H. McNamara , and was elected prosecutor in In , Duggan resigned his position at the DMC and moved from the suburb of Livonia to the city of Detroit, intending to run for the office of mayor the following year.

Duggan focused, during his first term, on improvements to emergency services response times and bus services. Duggan also focused on relighting the city's streetlights, a task in which he saw significant success and built upon efforts initiated by his mayoral predecessor Dave Bing. Duggan had pledged to create a municipally-owned insurance company, dubbed "D Insurance".

Duggan drastically increased the number of parks that receive regular maintenance, which increased from 25 parks in to by per reporting by the mayor's office. Towards the end of his first term, Duggan established Detroit's first office of sustainability which focuses on creating green, sustainable spaces in Detroit and preparing against climate change affects.