Mar 7, 2022
Pete Buttigieg took office in January, 2021, as the 19th U.S.
Secretary of Transportation.
Prior to joining the Biden-Harris Administration, Secretary
Buttigieg served two terms as mayor of his hometown of South Bend,
Indiana. A graduate of Harvard University and a Rhodes Scholar at
Oxford, Buttigieg served for seven years as an officer in the U.S.
Navy Reserve, taking a leave of absence from the mayor’s office for
a deployment to Afghanistan in 2014.
In South Bend, “Mayor Pete” Buttigieg worked across the aisle to
transform the city’s future and improve residents’ everyday
lives.
In 2019, Secretary Buttigieg launched a historic campaign for
president, and in 2021 made history as the first openly gay person
confirmed to serve in a president’s Cabinet. Secretary Buttigieg
lives with his husband Chasten and their rescue dogs, Buddy and
Truman.