Muriel Elizabeth Bowser (born August 2, 1972) is an American politician serving as the eighth Mayor of the District of Columbia since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented Ward 4 as a member of the Council of the District of Columbia from 2007 to 2015. She is the second female Mayor of the District of Columbia after Sharon Pratt, and the first woman to be reelected to that position.
Bowser extends coronavirus closings to May 15
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on Wednesday that she has extended the city’s emergency order requiring all non-essential businesses, including restaurants, bars, and nightclubs, to shut down on-site operations until at least May 15.
The extension came in the form of a new mayoral order that extends the city’s state of emergency and public health emergency through May 15 to assist in D.C.’s effort to control the spread of the coronavirus.
