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American politician

This article is about the American attorney and politician. For the Arthur character, see Maria Pappas (character).

Not to be confused with Maria Pappa.

Maria Pappas is a Greek American attorney and politician who has served as the Cook County Treasurer since 1998.

Prior to that, she served two terms on the Cook County Board of Commissioners; first as one of ten members elected from Chicago and then, after the board moved to single-member constituencies, as the member from the 10th district.^[1]

Early life

Pappas was born June 7, 1949, in Warwood, a neighborhood of Wheeling, West Virginia, to first generation Greek American parents.^[2] She earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from West Liberty State College and a master's degree in counseling at West Virginia University.

She then relocated to Chicago to work at the Adler Institute with Rudolf Dreikurs.^[2] She earned her Ph.D. from Loyola University in