Atlanta Mayor

Mayor Kasim Reed

Mayor Kasim Reed was inaugurated as Atlanta’s 59th Mayor on January 4, 2010.   He won the election on a platform that includes improving public safety, creating new opportunity for the city’s youth, ensuring fiscal responsibility and providing greater customer service to residents.

Mayor Reed was raised in the Cascade community of Atlanta. He was educated in Fulton County's public schools, where he graduated from Utoy Springs Elementary School and Westwood High School (now Westlake High School) and went to Howard University, where he received his undergraduate and law degrees.

With 11 years in the Georgia State Legislature, Reed has a well-established track record of legislative excellence.  He was first elected to the Georgia General Assembly in 1998 as State Representative for District 52. In the House, Kasim Reed served two terms as a member of the House Judiciary Committee, Education Committee and Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment Committee.

Kasim Reed continued his successful leadership in the State Senate, where he served from 2002-2009. While there, Reed served as the Vice Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus and was a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Higher Education Committee, Ethics Committee, Transportation Committee, and the State and Local Government Operations Committee.

Address : City of Atlanta - 55 Trinity Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Tel: 404 330 6100
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