Both of Buttigieg’s parents were professors at the University of Notre Dame. His father, an immigrant from Malta, taught literature, and his mother taught linguistics. Buttigieg attended Harvard University, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history and literature in 2004. He later studied at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes scholar. After earning a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, politics, and economics from Oxford’s Pembroke College in 2007, he returned to the United States. For several years Buttigieg worked for the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company in Chicago. In 2008 he served as an adviser to Jill Long Thompson, a Democratic candidate in the Indiana gubernatorial race; she lost the election. The following year Buttigieg became an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve, serving until 2017….

In December 2020 Biden nominated Buttigieg to lead the Department of Transportation (DOT). The Senate overwhelmingly confirmed Buttigieg on February 2, 2021, and he was sworn in the following day. Not only was he the first openly gay person to hold a U.S. cabinet post, he also was the youngest person to serve as secretary of transportation. Among his top priorities were plans to rebuild roads, bridges, railways, and other transportation infrastructure across the country. In addition, he sought projects that would increase racial equity. Later in 2021 he was a vocal supporter of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which passed Congress in November. The legislation provided billions of dollars to DOT.

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