Kwame R. Brown
| Kwame R. Brown | |
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| 8th Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia | |
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In office January 2, 2011 – June 6, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Vincent C. Gray |
| Succeeded by | Phil Mendelson |
| At-Large Member of the Council of the District of Columbia |
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In office January 3, 2005 – January 2, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Harold Brazil |
| Succeeded by | Sekou Biddle |
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Kwame R. Brown October 13, 1970 Washington, D. C., U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Morgan State University |
Kwame R. Brown (born October 13, 1970) is an American politician in Washington, D.C., who was an at-large member of the council from 2005 to 2011 and chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia from 2011 until his resignation in June 2012. He was the second councilman to resign in the face of federal charges in 2012.
Kwame R. Brown was born on October 13, 1970, at Columbia Hospital for Women in Washington, D.C. Brown graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School and participated in the Mayor's Youth Leadership Institute. Brown continued his education at Morgan State University in Baltimore, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing. Brown is a graduate of both the Minority Business Executive Program, & Advanced Business Executive Program at the Amos Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College and the Senior Executives in State & Local Government Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Brown was first elected to the Council in 2004, winning 55.4% of votes citywide in the general election, after defeating incumbent Councilmember Harold Brazil in the primary with 54.09% of the vote.
Brown was up for reelection in 2008 and faced no opposition in the Democratic primary. When asked why no one was running against him, he stated, "People run because they're tired of elected officials not doing anything." Brown, who lives in Hillcrest, continued, 'No one's running, because I've done what I said I was going to do."
Brown co-introduced the School Modernization and Financing Act of 2005, which was to construct, renovate, and modernize public schools in the District. The Act also authorized the mayor to borrow $1 billion, which would be repaid with $60 million annual payments from revenue from the future District lottery.
Later, Brown authored the amendment that led to $48 million for vocational education to build the Phelps Architecture, Construction and Engineering Academy. Students at the newly built school would be able to attend courses in vocational subjects and pursue aprenticeship and certification.
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