Mayor David N. Cicilline took office in January 2003, after winning a four-way
primary, then taking more than 83 percent of the vote in the general election
in November 2002.
Cicilline, who was born in Providence, leads a diverse city where a majority
of the city's 178,000 residents are members of minority groups, a city that
saw its Hispanic population double between 1990 and 2000.
He himself is a symbol of diversity, as an openly gay Jewish man and whose Roman
Catholic father is one of New England's best-known organized crime lawyers.
In taking over as mayor, Cicilline set five priorities: government integrity,
strong neighborhoods, great schools, safe streets, and a dynamic economy.
A former defense attorney with a practice on Federal Hill, Cicilline served
eight years as a state representative from District 4, on the city's East Side.
Cicilline graduated magna cum laude in 1983 with a degree in political science
from Brown University. He later earned a law degree from the Georgetown University
Law Center.
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