Pete Buttigieg Set To Be The Highest-Ranking Gay Person In American History

 

     Pete Buttigieg is a history-making hero, and sources have confirmed that he is almost certain to serve in the cabinet of President-Elect Joe Biden. A Harvard graduate, Rhodes scholar, and concert pianist who speaks 7 languages, Buttigieg worked as a consultant before serving as mayor of South Bend, Indiana, from 2012 to 2020. He served in the military reserves from 2009 to 2017 and was actively deployed in 2014. 

     In 2015, he became the first elected official in Indiana to come out as gay and the first openly-gay executive in Indiana. As mayor, his greatest achievements were in the areas of housing and urban development. In 1,000 days, he purchased 1,000 delapidated properties and converted them to commercial and residential property, destroying any blights that were unable to be repaired. 

     In 2020, he ran for president. The son of a Maltese immigrant from a small town in Indiana came in 3rd in the Democratic primaries and became the first openly-gay person to receive convention votes in a major party.

     As a member of Joe Biden's advisory team, he wants the position of ambassador to the United Nations, but would be a prime candidate for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or Secretary of Veterans Affairs, which would make him the first openly-gay cabinet secretary and highest-ranking gay person in history.