Kweisi Mfume
✓ Source-basedstableAmerican politician
S. representative for Maryland's 7th congressional district, first serving from 1987 to 1996 and again since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party, Mfume first left his seat to become the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a position he held from 1996 to 2004.
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Mfume with President Ronald Reagan in 1987
Mfume with Nelson Mandela in 1994
Mfume receiving a special commendation presented by Miami-Dade County elected officials at a Florida NAACP meeting in 1999
Mfume and Dayton, Ohio NAACP President Derrick L. Foward meet for the first time at the NAACP National Convention, 2017
Mfume with wife Tiffany McMillan at the 2016 Democratic National Convention
Mfume during the 116th CongressPoliticians from United States 6
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Kweisi Mfume is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for Maryland's 7th congressional district, first serving from 1987 to 1996 and again since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party, Mfume first left his seat to become the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a position he held from 1996 to 2004. In 2006, he ran for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Paul Sarbanes, losing the Democratic primary to the eventual winner, Ben Cardin. Mfume returned to his former House seat in 2020 after it was left vacant by the death of Elijah Cummings.
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