More recently he has made noises about becoming mayor of New York City.
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Mr Riordan is a studiously uncharismatic businessman who had never run for public office before becoming mayor in 1993.
Before becoming mayor of New York City in 1994, he served as associate attorney general of New York and, later, as a federal prosecutor.
After becoming mayor, she often held community forums in coffeehouses.
Probably the biggest name to exit has been former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel , who saw a once-in-a-lifetime window of opportunity to fulfill his dream of becoming mayor of Chicago, following current Mayor Richard M.
Mr Lewites was himself a former Sandinista, who served as tourism minister in the 1980s before becoming a popular mayor of Managua, the capital.
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And Kilfoyle's organisational skills are not destined to disappear - for his resignation from the government highlights his interest in the prospect of becoming the first elected mayor in his home town.
Juliana has since become a Labour councillor in Sunderland, even becoming the city's mayor in 2003, and admits that she only entered politics because of the impact of Margaret Thatcher.
However, the resignation of an Alliance councillor may have dealt a blow to the hopes of Mr Maskey becoming the city's first republican mayor.
Mr Ahmadinejad was often seen in the white Peugeot 504 when he served as Tehran's mayor, but has rarely used it since becoming president in 2005.
It was not until the 1995 municipal elections that she fought her first electoral battle, becoming deputy, and heir-apparent, to Pierre Mauroy, mayor since 1973 of Lille.
Before becoming chief of the Chicago system in 1995, he was budget director for Mayor Richard Daley, and before that was Illinois' top budget analyst.
Surrey, a municipality south of the city - whose mayor was rated one of the best in the world - is becoming the second central business district for the metro Vancouver area and is linked by SkyTrain to downtown.
Salford City Mayor Ian Stewart said the figures showed "how much Salford is changing and becoming a major tourist destination".
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Unless its voters and its new mayor can lift themselves above the fight for individual corner shops, it risks becoming merely a cosy resort where the new economy's manic entrepreneurs go to drink their over-engineered coffee.
Before becoming the 22nd president of France, Chirac served twice as prime minister and spent 20 years as mayor of Paris.
"Voting is the most important right we are granted as citizens, and you should have to go through the process of becoming a citizen and declaring allegiance to this country before being given that right, " New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said through a spokeswoman.
The mayor's proposal would have to be drafted into legislation and passed by the City Council before becoming law.
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