London Breed

London Breed
Official portrait, 2019
45th Mayor of San Francisco
In office
July 11, 2018  January 8, 2025
Preceded byMark Farrell
Succeeded byDaniel Lurie
Acting
December 12, 2017  January 23, 2018
Preceded byEd Lee
Succeeded byMark Farrell
President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
In office
January 8, 2015  June 26, 2018
Preceded byKaty Tang
Succeeded byMalia Cohen
Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
from the 5th district
In office
January 8, 2013  July 11, 2018
Preceded byChristina Olague
Succeeded byVallie Brown
Personal details
Born
London Nicole Breed

(1974-08-11) August 11, 1974
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of California, Davis (BA)
University of San Francisco (MPA)
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London Nicole Breed (born August 11, 1974) is an American politician who served as the 45th mayor of San Francisco from 2018 to 2025. She was supervisor for District 5 and was president of the Board of Supervisors from 2015 to 2018.

Raised in the Western Addition neighborhood of San Francisco, Breed worked in government after college. She was elected to the Board of Supervisors in 2012 (taking office in January 2013), and elected its president in 2015. As president of the Board, Breed, according to the city charter, became the acting mayor of San Francisco following the death of Mayor Ed Lee. She served in this role from December 12, 2017, to January 23, 2018.

Breed won the San Francisco mayoral special election held on June 5, 2018. Breed is the first black woman, second black person after Willie Brown, and second woman after Dianne Feinstein to be elected mayor of San Francisco. She was sworn in as mayor on July 11, 2018. She ran for re-election as mayor in 2024, but lost to Daniel Lurie.