Peter Buttigieg


Pete Buttigieg is an American politician who is the current and 32nd Mayor of South Bend, Indiana. A member of the Democratic Party, Buttigieg has been serving as mayor since January 1, 2012.

Buttigieg was born in South Bend, Indiana to parents Joseph A. Buttigieg and Jennifer Ann . Buttigieg graduated from St. Joseph High School in 2000, where he was president and valedictorian of his senior class. In his senior year at St. Josephs High School, he was honored by Caroline Kennedy and other members of President Kennedys family during a May 22, 2000 ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library for his prizewinning essay for the JFK Profiles in Courage Essay Contest. Buttigiegs winning essay centered on the integrity and political courage demonstrated by U.S. Congressman Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the nations only Independent member of Congress. He attended Harvard College, where he was president of the Harvard Institute of Politics Student Advisory Committee and worked on the Institutes annual study of youth attitudes on politics. Buttigieg was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Buttigieg graduated from Harvard in 2004, receiving his Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude in History and L

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