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Ed Lee (politician)
Edwin Mah Lee (, born May 5, 1952) is the 43rd and current Mayor of San Francisco, California. He was appointed by the Board of Supervisors on January 11, 2011 to serve out the remainder of former mayor Gavin Newsom's term, after Newsom resigned to take office as Lieutenant Governor of California. At the time of his appointment, Lee pledged not to run for the office which was a condition of his appointment, but that promise was not fulfilled, Lee "changed his mind",〔http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SF-Mayor-Ed-Lee-changes-mind-will-seek-full-term-2336169.php〕 as he later announced his candidacy. Lee won the election on November 8, 2011 to serve a full term as Mayor.
Lee is the first Chinese American mayor in San Francisco's history, as well as the first Asian American elected to the office. Before being appointed mayor, he was City Administrator.
== Personal life ==
Lee was born in 1952 in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. His parents immigrated to the United States from Toishan, Guangdong Province, China in the 1930s.〔 Lee's father, Gok Suey Lee, fought in World War II, and worked as a cook managing a restaurant in Seattle. He died when Lee was 15.〔 His mother was a seamstress and waitress. Lee has five siblings. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Bowdoin College in Maine in 1974 and from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 1978. He married his wife Anita in 1980 and has two daughters, Tania and Brianna.〔
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