Emanuel Cleaver

Emanuel Cleaver
Cleaver in 2018
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 5th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2005
Preceded by	Karen McCarthy
Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus
In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013
Preceded by	Barbara Lee
Succeeded by	Marcia Fudge
51st Mayor of Kansas City
In office 1991–1999
Preceded by	Richard Berkley
Succeeded by	Kay Barnes
Personal details
Born	Emanuel Cleaver II (1944-10-26) October 26, 1944 (age 79) Waxahachie, Texas, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Dianne Cleaver
Education	Prairie View A&M University (BS) Saint Paul School of Theology (MDiv)
Website	House website
Emanuel Cleaver's voice Emanuel Cleaver presents the Congressional Black Caucus substitute for the FY2013 federal budget Recorded March 28, 2012

Emanuel Cleaver II (born October 26, 1944) is a United Methodist pastor and American politician who has represented Missouri's 5th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2005.

Cleaver represents a district that primarily consists of the inner ring of the Kansas City metropolitan area, including nearly all of Kansas City and some of its suburbs in Clay and Jackson counties, including North Kansas City, Gladstone, Independence, Lee's Summit, and some of Blue Springs. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and chaired the Congressional Black Caucus from 2011 to 2013.

In his 10th term in Congress as of 2023^[update], Cleaver previously served three terms on the Kansas City Council from 1979 to 1991, until he was elected mayor, serving two terms from 1991 to 1999.