Bob Filner
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Bob Filner, Official Mayoral Portrait
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| 35th Mayor of San Diego | |
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In office December 3, 2012 – August 30, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Jerry Sanders |
| Succeeded by | Todd Gloria (interim) |
| Ranking Member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee | |
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In office January 3, 2011 – December 3, 2012 |
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| Leader | Nancy Pelosi |
| Preceded by | Steve Buyer |
| Succeeded by | Mike Michaud |
| Chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee | |
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In office January 4, 2007 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Speaker | Nancy Pelosi |
| Preceded by | Steve Buyer |
| Succeeded by | Jeff Miller |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 51st district |
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In office January 3, 2003 – December 3, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Duke Cunningham |
| Succeeded by | Juan Vargas |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 50th district |
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In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Duke Cunningham |
| Member of San Diego City Council representing the Eighth District | |
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In office December 1987 – January 3, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Uvaldo Martinez |
| Succeeded by | Juan Vargas |
| Personal details | |
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Robert Earl Filner September 4, 1942 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Barbara Christy (divorced) Jane Merrill (divorced) |
| Residence | San Diego, California |
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Cornell University (BA, PhD) University of Delaware (MA) |
| Occupation | College professor |
| Religion | Judaism |
Robert Earl "Bob" Filner (born September 4, 1942) is an American politician living in Los Angeles, California. He was the 35th Mayor of San Diego from December 2012 through August 2013, when he resigned amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment. He later pleaded guilty to state charges of false imprisonment and battery.
Filner was previously the U.S. Representative for California's 51st congressional district, and the 50th, serving from 1993 to 2012. He was chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs from 2007 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Filner was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood. He is Jewish, the son of Sarah F. and Joseph H. Filner. His father was a labor union organizer, U.S. Army veteran and later international metal trader.
He attended Cornell University, where he worked on the Cornell Daily Sun, a student newspaper, and took part in civil rights demonstrations. In June 1961, after pulling into the bus station in Jackson, Mississippi as a Freedom Rider, Filner was arrested for "disturbing the peace and inciting a riot." He refused to post bond for his release and remained incarcerated for two months.
He graduated from Cornell in 1963 with a degree in chemistry, and earned his doctorate in history of science from Cornell six years later. While completing his PhD, he moved to San Diego, becoming a history professor at San Diego State University for more than 20 years.
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