Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg ( BOOT-ə-jəj; born January 19, 1982) is an American politician and former U.S. Navy intelligence officer who is Presid...
Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg ( BOOT-ə-jəj; born January 19, 1982) is an American politician and former U.S. Navy intelligence officer who is President Joe Biden's nominee for the position of United States Secretary of Transportation. He was the 32nd mayor of South Bend, Indiana, from 2012 to 2020, earning him the nickname "Mayor Pete".Buttigieg is a graduate of Harvard College and Oxford University, attending the latter on a Rhodes Scholarship. From 2009 to 2017, 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 2014. Before being elected as Mayor of South Bend in 2012, Buttigieg worked on the political campaigns of Democrats Jill Long Thompson, Joe Donnelly, and John Kerry. While serving as mayor, Buttigieg came out as gay in 2015. He married Chasten Glezman, a schoolteacher, writer, and LGBTQ rights advocate, in June 2018. Buttigieg declined to seek a third term as mayor.
Buttigieg ran as a candidate for president in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, launching his campaign for the 2020 United States presidential election on April 14, 2019. He became the first openly gay person to launch a major presidential campaign. Despite initially low expectations, he gained significant momentum in mid-2019 when he participated in several town halls and debates. Buttigieg narrowly won the Iowa caucuses and placed second in the New Hampshire primary. By winning Iowa, he became the first openly gay candidate to win a presidential primary or caucus. Buttigieg dropped out of the race on March 1, 2020, and endorsed Joe Biden the following day.In December 2020, President Biden named Buttigieg as his nominee to be Secretary of Transportation. He is the first openly gay Cabinet nominee in U.S. history.
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Scott Walker
Scott Walker may refer to:
Scott Walker (singer) (1943–2019), American-born British solo singer and member of The Walker Brothers
Scott Walker: 30...
Scott Walker may refer to:
Scott Walker (singer) (1943–2019), American-born British solo singer and member of The Walker Brothers
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man, a 2006 documentary about the singer
Scott Walker (politician) (born 1967), American politician; 45th Governor of Wisconsin
Scott Walker (judge) (born 1953), American judge
Scott Walker (boxer) (1969–2004), American professional boxer
Scott Walker (bobsleigh) (born 1970), Australian bobsledder
Scott Walker (ice hockey) (born 1973), Canadian professional ice hockey player and head coach of the Guelph Storm
Scott Walker (footballer) (born 1975), Scottish footballer, played for St. Mirren, Dunfermline Athletic and Hartlepool United
Scott Walker (director), New Zealand director of The Frozen Ground
Scott Walker, convicted of the murder of Jody Dobrowski in South London in 2005
Scott Walker, Republican Party nominee for the 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware
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