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Pete Buttigieg, American politician who serves as U.S. secretary of transportation (–) in the administration of Pres.
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Joe Biden. Buttigieg is the first openly gay cabinet member in American history.
He previously was mayor (–20) of South Bend, Indiana, and he unsuccessfully sought the. A member of the Democratic Party , he served as the 32nd mayor of South Bend, Indiana , from to , which earned him the nickname " Mayor Pete ". Buttigieg is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Oxford , attending the latter on a Rhodes Scholarship. From to , he was an intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserve , attaining the rank of lieutenant.
He was mobilized and deployed to the War in Afghanistan for seven months in While serving as South Bend's mayor, Buttigieg came out as gay in He married Chasten Glezman , a schoolteacher and writer, in June Buttigieg declined to seek a third term as mayor.
Pete Buttigieg: Education, Accomplishments, Personal Life
Buttigieg ran in the Democratic Party presidential primaries , launching his campaign for the presidential election on April 14, He became one of the first openly gay men to launch a major party presidential campaign. Buttigieg narrowly won the Iowa caucuses and placed a close second in the New Hampshire primary. Buttigieg dropped out of the race on March 1, , and endorsed Joe Biden the following day. President-elect Biden named Buttigieg as his nominee for Secretary of Transportation in December His nomination was confirmed on February 2, , by a vote of 86—13, making him the first openly gay Cabinet secretary in U.
Press reports had mentioned Buttigieg as a possible running mate for Kamala Harris upon the start of her presidential campaign , [ 9 ] [ 10 ] though he was ultimately not selected. His parents met and married while employed as faculty at New Mexico State University. Buttigieg was valedictorian of the class of at St. Joseph High School in South Bend. He traveled to Boston where he accepted the award and met Caroline Kennedy and other members of the Kennedy family.
The subject of his essay was the integrity and political courage of then U. In , Buttigieg was one of two students chosen to be a delegate from Indiana to the United States Senate Youth Program , [ 27 ] an annual scholarship competition sponsored jointly by the U. Senate and the Hearst Foundations. After graduating from high school, Buttigieg attended Harvard College , where he majored in history and literature.
Buttigieg was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at the University of Oxford. After college, Buttigieg worked on John Kerry 's presidential campaign as a policy and research specialist for several months in Arizona and New Mexico. Buttigieg has been involved with the Truman National Security Project since and serves as a fellow with expertise in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Buttigieg joined the U. Navy Reserve through the direct commission officer DCO program and was sworn in as an ensign in naval intelligence in September Part of this was done at Bagram Air Base , but he was also an armed driver for his commander on more than trips into Kabul , where he was tasked with watching out for ambushes and explosive devices along the roads and ensuring that the vehicle was guarded.
Buttigieg has jokingly referred to this role as "military Uber ". Navy Reserve in Buttigieg was the Democratic nominee for state treasurer of Indiana in He received Buttigieg ran for the Democratic nomination for mayor of South Bend in Curry Jr. After a federal investigation ruled that South Bend police had illegally recorded telephone calls of several officers, Buttigieg demoted police chief Darryl Boykins in Buttigieg has written that his "first serious mistake as mayor" came shortly after taking office in , when he decided to ask for Boykins's resignation.
Backed by supporters and legal counsel, Boykins requested reinstatement. When Buttigieg denied his request, Boykins, as the city's first African American police chief, sued the city for racial discrimination, [ 90 ] arguing that the taping policy had existed under previous police chiefs, who were white. As mayor, Buttigieg promoted a number of development and redevelopment projects. Joseph River trail as public art. Known locally as 1, Properties in 1, Days , it was a project to repair or demolish blighted properties across South Bend.
While mayor, Buttigieg served for seven months in Afghanistan as a lieutenant in the U. Navy Reserve , returning to the United States on September 23, In , during the controversy over Indiana Senate Bill — the original version of which was widely criticized for allowing discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people — Buttigieg emerged as a leading opponent of the legislation.