Christopher A Iannella

Christopher A. Iannella (May 29, 1913 – September 12, 1992) was a member of the Boston City Council in Boston, Massachusetts. He served eight terms as City Council president in 1962, 1980, 1982, and 1988-1992.

Iannella was one of the "college boys" featured in William Foote Whyte's classic text, Street Corner Society. He was born in a small village in Avellino, Italy, and arrived in the U.S. at the age of eight, unable to speak English. He went on to graduate from English High, Boston College, and Harvard Law School. A Democrat, he was elected to the Massachusetts state legislature in 1950, and to the Boston City Council in 1957. He served on the council for 33 years. He was known for authoring a law that required the city to hire Boston residents for government jobs, and more generally as an effective intermediary in the often contentious atmosphere of Boston politics. He was buried in the Walnut Hill Cemetery in Brookline, Massachusetts.