Vincent C. Gray
| Vincent Gray | |
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| Member of the Council of the District of Columbia from Ward 7 |
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Assumed office January 2, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Yvette Alexander |
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In office January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Kevin Chavous |
| Succeeded by | Yvette Alexander |
| 7th Mayor of the District of Columbia | |
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In office January 2, 2011 – January 2, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Adrian Fenty |
| Succeeded by | Muriel Bowser |
| Chair of the Council of the District of Columbia | |
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In office January 3, 2007 – January 2, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Linda Cropp |
| Succeeded by | Kwame Brown |
| Personal details | |
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Vincent Condol Gray November 8, 1942 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Loretta (Deceased 1998) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | George Washington University (BA) |
Vincent Condol "Vince" Gray (born November 8, 1942) is an American politician who served as the seventh Mayor of the District of Columbia. He served one term, from 2011 to 2015, losing his bid for reelection in the Democratic primary to D.C. City Council member Muriel Bowser. Bowser would go on to win the 2014 election. Prior to his inauguration as mayor in January 2011, Gray served as Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, and as Councilmember for Ward 7. In the 1990s he also served as director of the DC Department of Human Services. In June 2016, he defeated incumbent Yvette Alexander in the Democratic primary for the council seat he previously held in Ward 7.
Gray was born on November 8, 1942 in Washington, DC, and graduated from Dunbar High School. He earned a B.A. in psychology at George Washington University, where he also took graduate courses. Gray was one of the first African Americans to join the Jewish fraternity, Tau Epsilon Phi. While in the fraternity, he was the first to serve two consecutive terms as President. Other school activities included the Newman Catholic Center, as well as football and basketball intramurals. Gray is also an avid participant in hand dancing, a D.C.-area derivative of Lindy hop.
Gray began his political career with the D.C. Association for Retarded Citizens, where he successfully advocated for innovative public policy initiatives on behalf of people with mental retardation. In 1991, then Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly appointed Gray to the post of Director of the DC Department of Human Services.
Gray became the founding executive director of Covenant House Washington in December 1994. Over a decade, Gray grew the agency from a van outreach program to a multisite agency serving homeless youth in the city's Southeast and Northeast communities.
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