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Kurt Schmoke
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<p>Kurt Lidell Schmoke (born December 1, 1949) is an American politician and lawyer who was the 47th mayor of <a href="/facts/Baltimore/ncJvTzBU">Baltimore</a>, <a href="/facts/Maryland/tVy9fC1n">Maryland</a>, from 1987 to 1999, the first <a href="/facts/African_American/pTgcAdo8">African American</a> to be elected to the post. He is a former dean of the <a href="/facts/Howard_University_School_of_Law/lFIYEhED">Howard University School of Law</a> and, on July 7, 2014, he was appointed as president of the <a href="/facts/University_of_Baltimore/wpr36F1e">University of Baltimore</a>. </p>