Norm Rice

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Norm Rice
49th Mayor of Seattle
In office
January 1, 1990 – January 1, 1998
Preceded byCharles Royer
Succeeded byPaul Schell
President of the Seattle City Council
In office
January 3, 1984 – January 3, 1986
Preceded byJeanette Williams
Succeeded bySam Smith
Personal details
Born
Norman Blann Rice

(1943-05-04) May 4, 1943 (age 80)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Constance Williams
EducationUniversity of Washington, Seattle (BA, MPA)

Norman Blann Rice (born May 4, 1943) is an American Democratic politician. He was the 49th mayor of Seattle, Washington, for two terms from 1990 to 1997. Rice was the city's first African-American to be elected mayor.

In 1996, Rice ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Washington, but lost the nomination to then-King County Executive Gary Locke.

In December 2010, he was nominated as one of 30 members for a two-year appointment in the White House Council for Community Solutions, created by Executive Order of President Barack Obama.[1]

References[change | change source]

  1. "President Obama Announces Members of the White House Council for Community Solutions". whitehouse.gov. December 14, 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-04 – via National Archives.