Rahm Emanuel

Rahm Emanuel
Official portrait, 2022
31st United States Ambassador to Japan
Assumed office
March 25, 2022
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byBill Hagerty (2019)
55th Mayor of Chicago
In office
May 16, 2011 – May 20, 2019
DeputyRay Suarez
Brendan Reilly
Preceded byRichard M. Daley
Succeeded byLori Lightfoot
23rd White House Chief of Staff
In office
January 20, 2009 – October 1, 2010
PresidentBarack Obama
DeputyMona Sutphen
Jim Messina
Preceded byJoshua Bolten
Succeeded byPete Rouse (acting)
Chair of the House Democratic Caucus
In office
January 3, 2007 – January 2, 2009
DeputyJohn B. Larson
LeaderNancy Pelosi
Preceded byJim Clyburn
Succeeded byJohn B. Larson
Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
In office
January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007
Preceded byBob Matsui
Succeeded byChris Van Hollen
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 5th district
In office
January 3, 2003 – January 2, 2009
Preceded byRod Blagojevich
Succeeded byMike Quigley
Senior Advisor to the President
In office
January 20, 1993 – November 7, 1998
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byDoug Sosnik
White House Director of Political Affairs
In office
January 20, 1993 – June 23, 1993
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byJanet Mullins
Succeeded byJoan Baggett
Personal details
Born
Rahm Israel Emanuel

(1959-11-29) November 29, 1959 (age 64)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Amy Rule
(m. 1994)
Children3
RelativesAri Emanuel (brother)
Ezekiel Emanuel (brother)
EducationSarah Lawrence College (BA)
Northwestern University (MA)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • diplomat
  • political strategist
  • legislator
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Rahm Israel Emanuel (/rɑːm/; born November 29, 1959)[1] is an American politician and diplomat currently serving as United States ambassador to Japan. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives for three terms from 2003 to 2009. He was the White House Chief of Staff from 2009 to 2010 under Barack Obama and served as mayor of Chicago from 2011 to 2019.

Born in Chicago, Emanuel is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Northwestern University. Early in his career, Emanuel served as director of the finance committee for Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign. In 1993, he joined the Clinton administration, where he served as assistant to the president for political affairs and as Senior Advisor to the President for policy and strategy. Emanuel worked at the investment bank Wasserstein Perella & Co. from 1998 for two-and-a-half years, and served on the board of directors of Freddie Mac. In 2002, he ran for the seat in the U.S. House of Representatives vacated by Rod Blagojevich, who resigned to become governor of Illinois. Emanuel won the first of three terms representing Illinois's 5th congressional district, a seat he held from 2003 to 2009. As chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, he oversaw Democratic wins in the 2006 United States House of Representatives elections, allowing the party to gain control of the chamber for the first time since 1994.

After the 2008 U.S. presidential election, President Barack Obama appointed Emanuel to serve as White House chief of staff. In October 2010, Emanuel resigned as chief of staff to run in the 2011 Chicago mayoral election. Emanuel won with 55% of the vote over five other candidates in the non-partisan mayoral election. In the 2015 Chicago mayoral election, he failed to obtain an absolute majority in the first round but defeated Cook County board commissioner Jesús "Chuy" García in the subsequent run-off election. In late 2015, Emanuel's approval rating plunged to "the low 20s",[2] in response to a series of scandals.[3]

In October 2017, Emanuel announced he planned to run for a third term,[4] but reversed his decision on September 4, 2018.[5] The Chicago Tribune assessed Emanuel's performance as mayor as "mixed", and at one point half of Chicagoans favored Emanuel's resignation. He left office in May 2019 and was succeeded by Lori Lightfoot. In August 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Emanuel to be the United States Ambassador to Japan;[6] he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in December of that year.[7]

  1. ^ "UPI Almanac for Friday, Nov. 29, 2019". United Press International. November 29, 2019. Archived from the original on December 24, 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2020. …former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 1959 (age 60)
  2. ^ "Mayor Rahm Emanuel fundraising in Washington, D. C. Thursday". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on July 4, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  3. ^ Perlstein, Rick (December 31, 2015). "The Sudden, but Well-Deserved, Fall of Rahm Emanuel". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on November 1, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  4. ^ Hinz, Greg (October 19, 2017). "Emanuel says there's no doubt: He's running again". Crain's Chicago Business. Archived from the original on July 28, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference sept5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Senate OKs ex-Obama aide Rahm Emanuel as US ambassador to Japan - The Minichi(12/18/2021)
  7. ^ "Rahm Emanuel Confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Next U.S. Ambassador to Japan". United States Government. U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Japan. December 22, 2021. Archived from the original on January 2, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.

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