Kurt Schmoke
Kurt Schmoke | |
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Schmoke in 2025 | |
| 47th Mayor of Baltimore | |
| In office December 7, 1987 – December 7, 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Clarence Burns |
| Succeeded by | Martin O'Malley |
| State's Attorney of Baltimore | |
| In office 1983–1987 | |
| Preceded by | William Swisher |
| Succeeded by | Stuart O. Simms |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kurt Lidell Schmoke December 1, 1949 |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Patricia Locks |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Yale University (BA) Balliol College, Oxford Harvard University (JD) |
Kurt Lidell Schmoke (born December 1, 1949) is an American politician and lawyer who was the 47th mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, from 1987 to 1999, the first African American to be elected to the post. He is a former dean of the Howard University School of Law and, on July 7, 2014, he was appointed as president of the University of Baltimore.