Phil Mendelson

Phil Mendelson
Mendelson in 2020
9th Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia
Assumed office
June 13, 2012
Preceded byKwame Brown
Member of the Council of the District of Columbia
at-large
In office
January 2, 1999  November 29, 2012
Preceded byHilda Mason
Succeeded byAnita Bonds
Personal details
Born
Philip Heath Mendelson

(1952-11-08) November 8, 1952
Political partyDemocratic
EducationAmerican University (BA)

Philip Heath Mendelson (born November 8, 1952) is an American politician from Washington, D.C. He is currently Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, elected by the Council on June 13, 2012, following the resignation of Kwame R. Brown. He was elected to serve the remainder of Brown's term in a citywide special election on November 6, 2012, and re-elected to a full term in 2014, 2018, and 2022.