Charles Meeker

Charles Meeker
37th Mayor of Raleigh
In office
December 2001 – December 2011
Preceded byPaul Coble
Succeeded byNancy McFarlane
Personal details
BornCharles Carpenter Meeker
(1950-07-27) July 27, 1950
Washington, D.C., U.S.
PartyDemocratic
EducationYale University (BA)
Columbia University (JD)

Charles Carpenter Meeker (born July 27, 1950) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 34th Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina. He was first elected in 2001 over Republican Paul Coble, and reelected for a fifth two-year term in 2009. A fifth term tied Meeker with Avery C. Upchurch as Raleigh's longest-serving mayor.

He is the son of Leonard C. Meeker, who served as United States Ambassador to Romania from 1969 to 1973, and brother of architect Sarah Meeker Jensen

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