David Cicilline (born 1961) is Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island. He was the first openly homosexual Mayor of an American state capital. A mayor (from the Latin maīor, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... Providence is the capital and largest city in Rhode Island, a state of the United States of America. ... Homosexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by esthetic attraction, romantic love, or sexual desire exclusively for another of the same sex. ... A U.S. state is any one of the 50 states which have membership of the federation known as the United States of America (USA or U.S.). The separate state governments and the U.S. federal government share sovereignty. ...

Cicilline was born and raised in Providence and then Narragansett. He attended Brown University and Georgetown University Law Center. He worked as a lawyer in Washington, DC and Providence before being elected to Rhode Island's state legislature in 1995. Coming out in 1999, he served a total of four terms in the legislature. Narragansett is a town located in Washington County, Rhode Island. ... Brown University is an Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island. ... Georgetown University Georgetown University is a prestigious Catholic university in Georgetown, a neighborhood of Washington, DC, United States. ... A lawyer or attorney at law is a person licensed by the state to advise clients in legal matters and represent them in courts of law (and in other forms of dispute resolution). ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Coming out of the closet (very often shortened to coming out in winking reference to the public introduction of debutantes) describes the voluntary public announcement of ones sexual orientation, sexual attractions, gender identity, or (less commonly) paraphilia. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Cicilline easily won the Democratic nomination for Mayor of Providence in 2002, with over 50% of the vote, beating former Mayor Joseph Paolino. He went on to win the election in a landslide with over 80% of the vote, aided by a strong public feeling for the Democrats following the indictment of Mayor Vincent Cianci, a former Republican turned independent, in 2001. The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the common law legal system, an indictment is a formal charge of having committed a serious criminal offense. ... Vincent Buddy Cianci, Jr. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Official website (http://www.cicilline.com/)
• Official profile on Providence' local government website (http://www.providenceri.com/government/Mayor-Cicilline-Biography.html)
• Leading Providence (http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2002_Dec_24/ai_95916251), from The Advocate, December 24, 2002