James Diossa | |
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32nd Treasurer of Rhode Island | |
Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
Governor | Dan McKee |
Preceded by | Seth Magaziner |
Mayor of Central Falls | |
In office January 1,2013 –January 3,2021 | |
Preceded by | Charles Moreau |
Succeeded by | Maria Rivera |
Personal details | |
Born | 1985 (age 38–39) Central Falls,Rhode Island,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Domestic partner | Sandra Cano |
Children | 2 |
Education | Community College of Rhode Island Becker College (BA) |
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James A. Diossa (born 1985) is an American politician from Rhode Island. A member of the Democratic Party,he is the Rhode Island General Treasurer. He served as a member of the city council and as mayor of Central Falls,Rhode Island,guiding the city after it declared bankruptcy.
Diossa's parents were from Medellín,Colombia. [1] They immigrated to the United States,settling in Central Falls,Rhode Island,in 1983. [1] He was born there two years later. [1] His father works for Osram Sylvania. His parents separated and his mother returned to Colombia. [2]
Diossa attended Central Falls High School,where he played for the school's soccer team and won a state championship. [2] He graduated in 2003 and enrolled at Community College of Rhode Island. [3] earned his undergraduate degree in criminal justice from Becker College [1] in 2009, [4] becoming the first member of his family to graduate from college. [1] He also played soccer at Becker. [5]
Inspired by Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign and an undergraduate course on government, [2] [4] Diossa interned for U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. [4] He ran for election to the city council of Central Falls in November 2009 and won a seat by 17 votes, [6] becoming the youngest city councilor in Central Falls' history. [1] With a $6 million budget deficit and the city's pension fund underfunded by $80 million,the city went into receivership and filed for bankruptcy in August 2011. [2] [7] The city's only public library closed,and Diossa organized members of the community to raise enough funds to have it reopened. [1] When the city's sole post office was in danger of closing,he led a march to protest the closure and met with the United States Postmaster General,saving the post office. [1]
The city cut jobs and services to come out of bankruptcy in September 2012. [8] Also in September 2012,Charles Moreau,Central Falls' mayor,resigned and pled guilty to federal charges of fraud. [9] Diossa ran in a special election for mayor in December 2012,and won. He took office on January 1,2013,at the age of 27. [1] Diossa hired an administrative and a financial officer for the city in April 2013. [10] Under Diossa's leadership,Moody's Investors Service upgraded their rating of Central Falls city bonds. [7] Diossa also guided Central Falls through the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. [11]
After serving two terms as mayor,Diossa was prevented from running in the November 2020 election due to term limits. [11] [12] When Lieutenant Governor Dan McKee was elevated to governor in 2021,Diossa was a candidate to succeed McKee as lieutenant governor. However,McKee instead selected Providence city councilor Sabina Matos. [5] In January 2021,Diossa became a senior advisor at the Rhode Island Innovative Policy Lab at Brown University. [13] President Joe Biden nominated Diossa to the board of trustees for the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation in July 2021. [14]
In December 2021,Diossa announced his candidacy for general treasurer of Rhode Island in the 2022 elections,as the incumbent,Seth Magaziner could not run for a third term due to term limits. [15] Diossa defeated Stefan Pryor,the former state secretary of commerce,to win the Democratic Party nomination. [16] He defeated James Lathrop,North Kingstown's finance director,in the general election on November 8. [17]
Diossa's fiance,Sandra Cano,served in the Rhode Island State Senate. They have two children together. [18]
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