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Pete Buttigieg
Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg is an American politician and Afghanistan War veteran. He served as the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, from 2012 to 2020 and was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election.
Buttigieg is a graduate of Harvard College and Oxford University, attending the latter on a Rhodes Scholarship. He was a consultant at the management consulting firm McKinsey from 2007 to 2010. 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 Afghanistan for seven months in 2014.
Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette Biden is an American politician who served as the 47th vice president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Biden is the presumptive Democratic nominee for the 2020 United States presidential election, running against incumbent Donald Trump. Biden unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination in 1988 and 2008.
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04.01 - 22:55
Biden names Pete Buttigieg as Transport Secretary: The first gay cabinet member in US history
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gaystarnews.comJoe Biden has picked former rival turned ally Pete Buttigieg to be his Transport Secretary – which will make him the first openly gay member of a US president’s cabinet in history.
The 38-year-old ran to be the Democrat’s nominee for the presidency – making history as the first openly gay person to do so.
But he dropped out of the race to endorse Biden in March. Biden hailed the 38-year-old as ‘a leader, patriot, and problem-solver’ as he announced his decision.
The President-Elect wrote on Twitter: ‘He speaks to the best of who we are as a nation.’ Responding, Buttigieg said he was ‘honoured’ and added: ‘This is a moment of tremendous opportunity – to create jobs, meet the climate challenge, and enhance equity for all.’ President-Elect
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