Maria Pappas
Maria Pappas | |
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 Pappas in 2013 | |
| Treasurer of Cook County | |
| Assumed office December 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Edward J. Rosewell |
| Member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners | |
| In office December 1990 – December 1998 | |
| Succeeded by | Mike Quigley |
| Constituency | Chicago at-large district (1990–1994) 10th district (1994–1998) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 7, 1949 Warwood, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Peter Kamberos (m. 1991) |
| Education | West Liberty University (BA) West Virginia University (MA) Loyola University Chicago (PhD) Illinois Institute of Technology (JD) |
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Maria Pappas (born June 7, 1949) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the treasurer of Cook County, Illinois 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.