Richard M. Daley

Richard M. Daley

Known for: Crew
Biography: 1942-04-24 (81 years old)

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Biography

Richard Michael Daley (born April 24, 1942) is an American politician who served as the 54th mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1989 to 2011. Daley was elected mayor in 1989 and was reelected five times until declining to run for a seventh term. At 22 years, his was the longest tenure in Chicago mayoral history, surpassing the 21-year stay of his father, Richard J. Daley.

As Mayor, Daley took over the Chicago Public Schools, developed tourism, oversaw the construction of Millennium Park, increased environmental efforts and the rapid development of the city's central business district downtown and adjacent near North, near South and near West sides. He also approved expansion of city workers' benefits to their partners regardless of gender, and advocated for gun control.

Daley received criticism when family, personal friends, and political allies disproportionately benefited from city contracting. He took office in a city with regular annual budget surpluses and left the city with massive structural deficits. His budgets ran up the largest deficits in Chicago history. A national leader in privatization, he temporarily reduced budgetary shortfalls by leasing and selling public assets to private corporations, but this practice removed future sources of revenue, contributing to the city's near insolvency at the end of his tenure. Police brutality was a recurring issue during his mayorship.

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Known For
Crew

Gender
Male

Birthday
1942-04-24 (81 years old)

Birth Place
Chicago, United States of America

Religion
Catholicism

Height

Children
Patrick R. Daley

Father
Richard J. Daley

Mother
Eleanor "Sis" Daley

Siblings
John P. Daley, William M. Daley

Citizenships
United States of America

Awards
Newberry Library Award, Golden Plate Award, Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame, Chandler Robbins Award


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