predecessor successor party office birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name
joseph ganim bill finch democrat mayor of bridgeport , connecticut 25 december 1956 52nd april 4 , 2003 john m. fabrizi
 december 1 , 2007 john m. fabrizi
john m. fabrizi

john michael fabrizi -lrb- born december 25 , 1956 -rrb- is a former mayor of bridgeport , connecticut , succeeded by bill finch .
he is also a member of the u.s. democratic party .
fabrizi holds degrees from southern connecticut state university as well as the university of bridgeport and has served in numerous public service capacities .
he was assistant director of bridgeport 's adult education program , and was also a teacher of fifth and sixth graders .
he was first elected to public office , the bridgeport civil service administration , in 1983 .
in 1992 , fabrizi was elected to the bridgeport democratic town committee and in 1996 , he was elected to the democratic state central committee of connecticut .
in 1997 , he was elected to the bridgeport city council .
he became the mayor of bridgeport in 2003 , after the previous mayor , joseph p. ganim , was sentenced to nine years in a federal prison for corruption charges .
as mayor , fabrizi was a member of the mayors against illegal guns coalition , an organization formed in 2006 and co-chaired by new york city mayor michael bloomberg and boston mayor thomas menino .
