Paula Zelenko
{{Short description|American politician (born 1957)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
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|state_house = Michigan
|district = 50th
|term_start = 2001
|predecessor = Deborah Cherry
|successor = Ted Hammon{{cite news|last=Longley|first=Kristin|title=Challenger Jim Slezak defeats incumbent legislator, Ted Hammon, in Burton area state House seat|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2008/08/challenger_defeats_incumbent_l.html|accessdate=29 July 2011|newspaper=The Flint Journal|date=August 5, 2008}}
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|1|12}}
|party = Democratic
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|children = 6
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|alma_mater = Ross Medical Education Center
Parker Chiropractic School
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Paula Zelenko (born January 12, 1957) is a Michigan politician who formerly served as Burton, Michigan's mayor and a member of the Michigan House of Representatives.{{cite web|url=https://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4myjjlwqn3fxgyaa3timsq13))/documents/2001-2002/michiganmanual/2001-mm-p0222-p0222.pdf |title=State Representative John P. Hansen|publisher=Michigan Legislature |accessdate=May 18, 2020}}
Career
In 1991, Zelenko was elected to the Burton City Council, serving until 2001. She was then elected to the Michigan House of Representatives, serving the 50th district until 2006. Zelenko returned to the Burton City Council in 2008 and served until December 2010. In 2010, she was an unsuccessful candidate for the 26th district of the Michigan Senate. In November 2010, Burton Mayor Charles Smiley was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives. The council had pre-selected Zelenko prior to Smiley's resignation date.{{cite news|last=Acosta|first=Roberto|title=Paula Zelenko officially becomes Burton's newest mayor | url =http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2011/01/zelenko_officially_become_burt.html|accessdate=13 April 2011|newspaper=The Flint Journal|date=January 3, 2011}} In 2019, Zelenko announced she would not seek a third term as mayor.{{cite web |last=|first=|date= |title=Burton mayor not seeking third term in office |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2019/04/burton-mayor-not-seeking-third-term-in-office.html |work=Mlive |accessdate=August 9, 2020}} On November 18, 2019, Duane Haskins was sworn in as Zelenko's successor.{{cite web |last=|first=|date=November 21, 2019 |title=Haskins sworn-in as Burton mayor |url=https://burtonview.mihomepaper.com/articles/haskins-sworn-in-as-burton-mayor/ |work=The Burton View |accessdate=August 9, 2020}}
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Category:Democratic Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives
Category:Mayors of places in Michigan
Category:Women mayors of places in Michigan
Category:Women state legislators in Michigan
Category:Michigan city council members
Category:People from Burton, Michigan
Category:Women city councillors in Michigan
Category:20th-century Michigan politicians
Category:20th-century American women politicians
Category:21st-century members of the Michigan Legislature
Category:21st-century American women politicians
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