Rusty Paul | |
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2nd Mayor of Sandy Springs | |
Assumed office January 7, 2014 | |
Preceded by | Eva Galambos |
Member of the Sandy Springs City Council from the 3rd district | |
In office January 7, 2005 – January 7, 2009 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Chip Collins |
Member of the
Georgia Senate from the 40th district | |
In office January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 | |
Preceded by | Michael Egan |
Succeeded by | Liane Levetan |
Chair of the Georgia Republican Party | |
In office May 20, 1995 – May 15, 1999 | |
Preceded by | Alec Poitevint |
Succeeded by | Chuck Clay |
Personal details | |
Born | Oneonta, Alabama, U.S. | June 23, 1952
Political party | Republican |
Spouse |
Jan Paul (
m. 1986) |
Education |
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Russell K. Paul (born June 23, 1952) is an American politician serving as the mayor of Sandy Springs, Georgia since 2014.
Paul was born in 1952, [1] and grew up in the Birmingham, Alabama area. [2] He received a Bachelor’s degree at Samford University and attended graduate school at Georgia State University. [1]
Paul was the Stone Mountain city council member from 1977 to 1983. [1] From 1989 to 1993, he served as Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations for the Housing and Urban Development Department under Secretary Jack Kemp. [3] [4] He chaired the Georgia Republican Party from 1995 to 1999, and became a State Senator representing northern Fulton County from 2001 to 2003. [1] In 2005, he was elected to Sandy Springs city council. [1] Paul was elected to succeed Eva Galambos in November 2013. [5]
Paul is married to Jan Paul [6] and has 5 children. [7] He is an Episcopalian. [7]
Paul has courted controversy for his lobbying work in relation to the Development Authority of Fulton County while serving as a publicly elected official. [8]