Maria Pappas

Maria Pappas
Pappas in 2013
Treasurer of Cook County
Assumed office
December 1998
Preceded byEdward J. Rosewell
Member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
from the 10th district
In office
December 1994 – December 1998
Preceded byconstituency established
Succeeded byMike Quigley
Member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
from Chicago
In office
December 1990 – December 1994
Personal details
Born (1949-06-07) June 7, 1949
PartyDemocratic
Spouse
Peter Kamberos
(m. 1991)
EducationWest Liberty University (BA)
West Virginia State University (MS)
Loyola University Chicago (PhD)
Illinois Institute of Technology (JD)
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Maria Pappas (born June 7, 1949) is a Greek American attorney and politician who has served as the Cook County Treasurer since 1998. Prior to that, she served two terms on the Cook County Board of Commissioners; first as one of ten members elected from Chicago and then, after the board moved to single-member constituencies, as the member from the 10th district. She is currently running for mayor of Chicago in the 2027 election.