Eric Garcetti

Eric Garcetti
Official portrait, 2023
26th United States Ambassador to India
Assumed office
May 11, 2023
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byKenneth I. Juster
42nd Mayor of Los Angeles
In office
July 1, 2013 – December 12, 2022
Preceded byAntonio Villaraigosa
Succeeded byKaren Bass
22nd President of the Los Angeles City Council
In office
January 1, 2006 – January 2, 2012
Preceded byAlex Padilla
Succeeded byHerb Wesson
President pro tempore of the Los Angeles City Council
In office
July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2005
Preceded byCindy Miscikowski
Succeeded byTony Cardenas
Member of the Los Angeles City Council
from the 13th district
In office
July 1, 2001 – July 1, 2013
Preceded byJackie Goldberg
Succeeded byMitch O'Farrell
Personal details
Born
Eric Michael Garcetti

(1971-02-04) February 4, 1971 (age 53)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Amy Wakeland
(m. 2009)
Children1
RelativesGil Garcetti (father)
EducationColumbia University (BA, MIA)
The Queen's College, Oxford
London School of Economics
Signature
WebsiteCampaign website
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Navy
Years of service2005–2013
Rank Lieutenant
UnitInformation Dominance Corps
U.S. Navy Reserve

Eric Michael Garcetti (born February 4, 1971) is an American politician and diplomat who has been the United States ambassador to India since May 11, 2023. He was the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles from 2013 until 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected in the 2013 election, and re-elected in 2017. A former member of the Los Angeles City Council, Garcetti served as City Council president from 2006 to 2012. He was the city's first elected Jewish mayor, and its second consecutive Mexican-American mayor. He was elected as the youngest mayor in over 100 years, having been 42 at the time of his inauguration.[1][2] Upon nomination by President Joe Biden after a previously failed nomination the year before, Garcetti was finally confirmed as Ambassador to India by the Senate on a 52–42 vote on March 15, 2023.[3][4]

  1. ^ "LA mayor-elect Eric Garcetti at a glance". Associated Press. June 30, 2013. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  2. ^ Mehta, Seema; Nelson, Laura J. (May 22, 2013). "Garcetti wins race for L.A. mayor; Greuel concedes". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2020. Garcetti will be the first elected Jewish mayor of the city. At 42, he will also be the youngest in more than a century.
  3. ^ Doherty, Hans Nichols, Erin (March 15, 2023). "Republicans throw lifeline to help confirm embattled Biden nominee Eric Garcetti". Axios. Retrieved March 15, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 118th Congress - 1st Session". www.senate.gov. Retrieved September 5, 2023.