Mayor Edwin M. Lee, 61, was sworn in on January 8, 2012 as the 43rd Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco. Mayor Lee is the first Asian-American mayor in San Francisco history.

Mayor Lee was elected on November 8, 2011 by the people of San Francisco while he was serving as Interim Mayor, appointed unanimously as successor mayor by the Board of Supervisors on January 11, 2011 to fill the remaining year of former Mayor Gavin Newsom’s term who was sworn in as California’s Lieutenant Governor.

Mayor Lee has championed balancing the budget to keep San Francisco safe, solvent and successful, reforming City pensions, economic development, job creation and public safety as his top priorities.

Mayor Lee remains focused on economic development and job creation, taking responsibility for building San Francisco’s future, taking responsibility for helping each other and making City government more responsive, efficient and accountable through innovation and technology. This is what it will take to keep San Francisco a thriving, diverse, dynamic city of great neighborhoods, but also one that is a global hub for innovation and new economy industries.

Mayor Lee is Chair of the US Conference of Mayors Technology and Innovation Task Force.

Mayor Lee was born in Seattle, Washington. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Bowdoin College in 1974 & from Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley.

Public Service History
2011-Present       Mayor of San Francisco
2005-2011          City Administrator
2000-2005          Director, Department of Public Works
1996-2000          Director, City Purchasing Department
1991-1996           Director, Human Rights Commission
1989-1991           Whistleblower Ordinance Investigator & Deputy Director of Employment Relations