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Michael B. Coleman (born November 18, 1954) is an American politician of the Democratic Party, the 52nd and current mayor of Columbus, Ohio. He is the first African-American mayor of Ohio's capital. Coleman was a member of the Columbus City Council from 1992 to 1999, and served as president of this city council from 1997 to 1999. In 1998, Coleman was the running mate for gubernatorial candidate Lee Fisher. Coleman ran for and won the Columbus mayorship in 1999 and was re-elected unopposed November 4, 2003. In February 2005, Coleman announced that he would run for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Ohio in the 2006 gubernatorial election, but subsequently dropped out of the race on November 29, 2005, citing heavy work and family obligations. In 2007, Mayor Coleman won a third term as mayor of Columbus. In 2011, he was re-elected for a fourth term. In January 2014, as he began his 15th year in office, Coleman achieved the distinction of being the longest-serving Mayor in Columbus' history. On November 25, 2014, Coleman announced that his term ending in 2015 would be his final term in office and that he would not run for reelection. ==Early life and education== Michael B. Coleman was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on November 18, 1954 and moved to Toledo at an early age. After growing up in the Toledo area, Coleman earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Cincinnati and a Juris Doctor from the University of Dayton School of Law.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael B. Coleman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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