Michael A. Bilandic
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Michael Anthony Bilandic was an American Democratic politician, judge, and attorney who served as the 49th mayor of Chicago from 1976 to 1979, after the death of his predecessor, Richard J. Daley. Bil
Bilandic (right) meets with President Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office of the White House in February 1977
Mayor of Chicago
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The mayor of Chicago is the chief executive of city government in Chicago, Illinois, the third-largest city in the United States. The mayor is responsible for the administration and management of vari
Michael A. Bilandic
…grouping of Polish American aldermen by naming Casey Laskowski (a member of the council's Polish American bloc) to serve in the newly-created role of vice mayor. The new vice mayor position was created in aims of clarifying the mayoral succession process in the future by creating a position that would be the…
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William B. Ogden was the first mayor of Chicago.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry leaving "The Fifth Floor" office of the mayor in 2016