district predecessor successor birth_name birth_place children religion party article_title office birth_date term_start spouse image state term_end name alma_mater
north carolina 12 12th edward demarco -lrb- acting -rrb- constituency established alma adams melvin luther watt steele creek , north carolina , u.s. brian jason presbyterianism democratic mel watt
 director of the federal housing finance agency 26 august 1945 january 6 , 2014 january 3 , 1993 eulada watt melvinwatt.jpg north carolina january 6 , 2014 mel watt university of north carolina , chapel hill yale university
mel watt

melvin luther `` mel '' watt -lrb- born august 26 , 1945 -rrb- is an american politician who has been director of the federal housing finance agency since 2014 .
previously he served as the united states representative for from 1993 to 2014 .
he is a member of the democratic party .
an attorney from charlotte , north carolina , watt also served one term as a state senator and served as campaign manager for charlotte mayor harvey gantt .
on may 1 , 2013 , president barack obama nominated watt as the next head of the federal housing finance agency , which among other agencies , administers or has oversight for the fha , fannie mae , and freddie mac .
the u.s. senate confirmed watt on december 10 , 2013 .
