Mike Lindberg

{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mike Lindberg | image = Former Portland city commissioner Mike Lindberg in 2012.jpg | caption = Lindberg in 2012 | order = | office = Portland City Commissioner | term_start = October 17, 1979 | term_end = December 31, 1996 | constituency = | predecessor = Connie McCready | successor = Jim Francesconi<ref name="oreg-1996nov12">{{cite news|last=Parente|first=Michele|title=Sten gets a running start at his new job|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=November 12, 1996|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/oregonianextra/1996/11/sten_gets_a_running_start_at_h.html|access-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref> | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1941|1}} | birth_place = Portland, Oregon<ref name="urban pioneer"/> | death_date =  | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | party = | spouse = Carolyn | children = 3 | education = | occupation = | signature = | website = }} '''Mike Lindberg''' (born January 1941)<ref name="urban pioneer">{{cite news|last=Parente|first=Michele|title=Urban pioneer Mike Lindberg takes final bow|newspaper=The Sunday Oregonian|date=December 29, 1996|page=1}}</ref> is an American politician who served on the Portland, Oregon City Council from 1979 until 1996. His tenure of 17 years, three months was the longest of any city commissioner in the past 40 years, as of 2009;<ref name="urban pioneer"/> Lindberg's tenure was surpassed in May 2016 by that of Dan Saltzman.

==Career== Lindberg was appointed to the council in September 1979,<ref name="lindberg takes seat">{{cite news|last=Jenning|first=Steve|title=Lindberg takes seat on council|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=September 27, 1979|page=C3}}</ref> to fill a seat caused by the appointment of Connie McCready to the position of mayor.<ref name="mccready takes office">{{cite news|last=Jenning|first=Steve|title=Mayor McCready takes office|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=September 6, 1979|page=1}}</ref><ref name=caitlin>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/01/mike_lindbergs_fight_to_save_c.html|title=Mike Lindberg's fight to save Caitlin|author=Griffin, Anna|publisher=The Oregonian (OregonLive.com)|date=January 29, 2009|accessdate=August 30, 2016}}</ref> He was subsequently elected to the office and served until the end of 1996, when he retired.<ref name="urban pioneer"/> He currently works as a lobbyist and political consultant.

==Personal life== Lindberg is a 1963 graduate of the University of Oregon with a bachelor's degree in economics.

Lindberg is married to his (second) wife Carolyn and he had one daughter, Lisa, and twin boys from his first marriage. He was raising his granddaughter, Caitlin, after Lisa's death at 43 in 2007.<ref name=caitlin/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://enhabit.org/success-stories/the-lindbergs/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806150423/https://enhabit.org/success-stories/the-lindbergs/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=August 6, 2016|title=The Lindbergs Earn Green by Going Green with Energy Efficiency Upgrades|author=Martin, Veronica|publisher=Enhabit.org|date=April 22, 2012|accessdate=August 30, 2016}}</ref>

In 2006, Lindberg was diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy.<ref name=caitlin/>

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