What is Norm Rice?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Norm Rice |image = Norm Rice circa 2008 (cropped).jpg |office = 49th [[Mayor of Seattle]] |term_start = January 1, 1990 |term_end = January 1, 1998 |predecessor = [[Charles Royer]] |successor = [[Paul Schell]] |office1 = President of the [[Seattle City Council]] |term_start1 = January 3, 1984 |term_end1 = January 3, 1986 |predecessor1 = [[Jeanette Williams]] |successor1 = [[Sam Smith (American politician)|Sam Smith]] |birth_name = Norman Blann Rice |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|05|04}} |birth_place = [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Constance Williams |education = [[University of Washington|University of Washington, Seattle]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Public Administration|MPA]]) }} '''Norman Blann Rice''' (born May 4, 1943) is an American [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] politician. He was the [[List of mayors of Seattle|49th mayor]] of [[Seattle, Washington]], for two terms from 1990 to 1997. Rice was the city's first [[African-American]] to be elected mayor. In 1996, Rice ran in the Democratic primary for [[Governor of Washington]], but lost the nomination to then-[[King County, Washington|King County]] Executive [[Gary Locke]]. In December 2010, he was nominated as one of 30 members for a two-year appointment in the [[White House Council for Community Solutions]], created by Executive Order of President [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2010/12/14/president-obama-announces-members-white-house-council-community-solution|title=President Obama Announces Members of the White House Council for Community Solutions|date=December 14, 2010|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|access-date=2011-01-04}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rice, Norm}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:Livin