Pete Buttigieg

Some of the key events about Pete Buttigieg

• 2000

  Graduated as valedictorian from St. Joseph High School in South Bend, Indiana
• 2004

  Graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Literature
• 2007

  Received a first-class honors degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Pembroke College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar
• 2009

  Commissioned as a naval intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve
• 2012

  Elected as Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, becoming the youngest mayor of a U.S. city with at least 100,000 residents
• 2014

  Deployed to Afghanistan for seven months as part of the Navy Reserve, earning the Joint Service Commendation Medal
• 2015

  Publicly came out as gay, becoming Indiana's first openly gay elected executive
• 2015

  Faced criticism for demolishing abandoned homes in low-income neighborhoods as part of an urban renewal initiative
• 2019

  Launched a campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election
• 2019

  Received backlash for a campaign event held at a gay bar in Providence, Rhode Island
• 2019

  Faced controversy over his campaign's use of stock photos of Kenyan women to illustrate his racial equity plan
• 2020

  Won the Iowa Democratic caucuses, becoming the first openly gay candidate to win a presidential primary or caucus
• 2020

  Criticized for claiming false support from Black leaders in South Carolina
• 2020

  Faced scrutiny over his work at McKinsey & Company and its potential ties to controversial clients
• 2021

  Confirmed as United States Secretary of Transportation, becoming the first openly gay person to serve in a U.S. cabinet position
• 2021

  Criticized for taking paternity leave during a supply chain crisis as Secretary of Transportation
• 2022

  Faced backlash for suggesting that higher fuel prices could accelerate the transition to electric vehicles
• 2022

  Criticized for frequent use of private jets while promoting climate-friendly policies
• 2023

  Faced criticism for slow response to the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio
• 2023

  Received negative attention for vacationing in Portugal during critical union negotiations and transportation issues

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