Ron Dellums

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Ronald Vernie Ron Dellums (born November 24 1935) served as Oakland’s forty-fifth (and third African-American) mayor. From 1971 to 1998 he was elected to thirteen terms as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Northern California’s 9th Congressional District after which he worked as a lobbyist in Washington D.C..Dellums was born into a family of labor organizers and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps before serving on the Berkeley California City Council.

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active years end date

1975-01-03, 1993-01-03, 1993-01-20, 1995-01-03, 1998-02-06, 2011-01-03

active years start date

1971-01-03, 1975-01-03, 1979-01-03, 1993-01-03, 1993-01-20, 2007-01-08

alma mater

Master of Social Work, Bachelor of Arts, San Francisco State University, University of California Berkeley School of Social Welfare

birth date

1935-11-24

birth name

Ronald Vernie Dellums

birth place

Oakland California

child

Erik Dellums, Piper Dellums, Michael_Dellums

military branch

United States Marine Corps

military rank

Private first class

office

Chairman of the House Committee on Armed Services, Chairman of the House Committee on the District of Columbia, Mayor of Oakland

order in office

48th

party

Democratic Party (United States)

region

California, California's 9th congressional district, California's 7th congressional district, California's 8th congressional district

religion

Baptists

service end year

1956-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

service start year

1954-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

successor

Jean Quan