David Cicilline

David Nicola Cicilline ( ; born July 15, 1961) is an American lawyer and politician. He was the U.S. representative for  from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 36th mayor of Providence from 2003 to 2011. He was the first openly gay mayor of a U.S. state capital.

Cicilline was the chair the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law. In this role, he supported modernizing antitrust law. On September 29, 2022, he was elected chair of the House Middle East, North Africa, and Global Counterterrorism subcommittee, after Ted Deutch resigned from the House on September 30, 2022.

In February 2023, Cicilline announced his resignation from Congress, effective June 1, 2023. He resigned to become president and chief executive officer of the Rhode Island Foundation.

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