Eric Garcetti

Eric Garcetti (2013)

Eric Michael Garcetti (born February 4, 1971 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American politician and mayor of Los Angeles since July 2013 . He belongs to the Democratic Party .

Career

Prior to his political career, Garcetti taught at the University of Southern California and was assistant professor of diplomacy and international relations at Occidental College . From 2001 Garcetti held a seat on the Los Angeles City Council as a representative of the 13th electoral district , in 2006 he was elected chairman. In 2011 he announced he was trying to succeed Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa , who was no longer allowed to run for two terms. In the first round of elections in March 2013, Eric Garcetti received a relative majority of almost 33%, and in May he won the runoff election with 54.9% against his challenger Wendy Greuel (also a Democratic Party). On July 1, 2013, Garcetti took office as the youngest mayor of Los Angeles in over a century. In March 2017 he was re-elected as mayor with 81% of the vote.

Others

Before his actual election in 2013, Garcetti played the Mayor of Los Angeles in two episodes of the television series The Closer and one episode of Major Crimes .

Web links

Commons : Eric Garcetti  - Collection of Images

• lamayor.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-garcetti-inaugural-20170701-story.html
2. ↑ Eric Garcetti in the Internet Movie Database (English)