Mayor Daley | Richard Michael Daley photo

Richard Michael Daley is an American politician, member of the national and local Democratic Party end ended with the current mayor of Chicago, Illinois. He was elected mayor in 1989, finally re-elected in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, at the end of 2007. It is the second longest-serving mayor, after his father. Daley enounced 7 September 2010 that he would not run for reelection in 2011.

Before serving as mayor, Daley served in the Illinois Senate to end the Cook County state's attorney. In September 2010 Daley enounced he would not seek seventh term re-election as mayor. He quoted her the family's desire to start a "new phase in our lives."

They have four children: Nora, Patrick, Elizabeth, the late Kevin. Daley’s second son, Kevin, was 33 months old when he died of complications of spinal bifida in 1981.