Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms – Bio, Facts, Family: The 60th mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, Who was elected mayor in 2017. She was representing part of Southwest Atlanta and member of the Atlanta City Council. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is a politician and an American lawyer.
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Bio
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is a politician and an American lawyer.
Keisha Lance Bottoms
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60th Mayor of Atlanta | |
Incumbent
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Assumed office January 2, 2018 |
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Preceded by | Kasim Reed |
Member of the Atlanta City Council from the 11th district |
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In office January 4, 2010 – January 2, 2018 |
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Preceded by | Jim Maddox |
Succeeded by | Marci Collier Overstreet |
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Born |
Keisha Lance
January 18, 1970 |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Derek Bottoms |
Children | 4 |
Parents | Major Lance Sylvia Robinson |
Education | Florida A&M University (BA) Georgia State University (JD) |
Website | Official website |
Early life and education
Bottoms was born on January 18, 1970 in Atlanta, Georgia, to Sylvia Robinson and R&B singer-songwriter Major Lance.
Bottoms graduate of Frederick Douglass High School, Florida A&M University, and Georgia State University College of Law (1994).
Personal life
Keisha Lance In October 1994 married Derek W. Bottoms at Atlanta’s Ben Hill United Methodist Church. the Couples as students at Georgia State University College of Law. the Couples adopted four children. Her Husband Derek Bottoms, the vice president of employment practices and associate relations for The Home Depot.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Keisha Lance Bottoms On July 6, 2020, announced on her Twitter account that she had tested positive for COVID-19. She is asymptomatic.