Walter Edward Washington was an American civil servant and politician. After a career in public housing, Washington was the chief executive of the District of Columbia from 1967 to 1979, serving as the first and only Mayor-Commissioner of the District of Columbia from 1967 to 1974, and as the first Mayor of the District of Columbia from 1975 to 1979.
- Occupation
- politician, mayor
- Position held
- Mayor of the District of Columbia, Mayor-Commissioner of the District of Columbia
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- April 15, 1915
- Died
