Raymond Flynn

Raymond Flynn ( Leo Raymond "Ray" Flynn ;) ( born July 22, 1939 in Boston) was from 1984 to 1993 mayor of Boston. He was also from 1993 to 1997, United States Ambassador to the Holy See, appointed by the then U.S. President Bill Clinton.

Sports career

Before Flynn became a politician, he was an All - American basketball player at Providence College. In 1963 he was elected to the National Invitational Tournament Most Valuable Player. It was 1964, the last player who was acquired by the then champion Boston Celtics in the first team.

He participated 18 times at the New York City Marathon.

Political career

Flynn began his political career as a member of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, where he served from 1971 to 1979. From 1978 to 1984 he sat in the Boston City Council, before he was in 1984 elected mayor of the city. He was reelected in 1988 and 1992. In the middle of his third term, he resigned from the office because he had been appointed by President Clinton to the United States Ambassador to the Holy See ( the Vatican).

Raymond Flynn is a member of the Democratic Party and an activist in the pro-life movement. In the 2000 presidential election, he supported George W. Bush. Since 1999 he has been a member of various Catholic organizations.