What is Ralph Becker?
{{Infobox Politician | image = Ralph_Becker.jpg <!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people - see [[WP:NONFREE]] --> | imagesize = 150px | name = Ralph Elihu Becker Jr. | caption = | office = 34th [[Mayor of Salt Lake City]] | term_start = January 7, 2008 | term_end = January 4, 2016 | predecessor = [[Rocky Anderson]] | successor = [[Jackie Biskupski]] | constituency = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|5|30|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse =Kate Kopischke | residence = [[Salt Lake City]] | occupation = [[Urban planner]] | religion = | website = [http://mayor.slcgov.com/ Salt Lake City Website]<br/>[http://www.ralphbecker.com Ralph Becker] }} '''Ralph Elihu Becker Jr.''' (born May 30, 1952) is an [[Americans|American]] [[politician]] and [[Lawyer|attorney]]. He is the former [[Minority Leader]] of the [[Utah State House of Representatives]] and the 34th mayor of [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]]. In December 2013, Becker officiated over some of the first same-sex marriages performed in the state of Utah.<ref>{{cite news|author=Matthew Piper|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|url=http://www.sltrib.com/News/57292473-78/county-lake-salt-utah.html.csp |title=Salt Lake County offices see a crush of same-sex marriages|date=2013-12-20 |access-date=2013-12-24}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://mayor.slcgov.com/ Mayor's Office website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414094515/http://mayor.slcgov.com/ |date=2018-04-14 }} * [http://www.ralphbecker.com/ Campaign website] * [http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/salt-lake-city-mayor.html CityMayors profile] * {{C-SPAN|Ralph Becker}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Becker, Ralph}} [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Mayors of Salt Lake City]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:Lawyers from Salt Lake City, Uta