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Rahm Israel Emanuel (born November 29, 1959 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American Democratic Party politician who served as mayor of Chicago from May 16, 2011 to May 20, 2019 . He was previously from January 2009 to October 2010 Chief of Staff of the White House under US President Barack Obama . In the United States House of Representatives , he represented the 5th congressional electoral district of the state of Illinois from 2003 to 2009  .

Life

Rahm Emanuel (the Hebrew first name means “high” or “sublime”) is the son of Benjamin M. Emanuel, a pediatrician and temporary member of the Zionist underground organization Irgun , and of Martha Smulevitz, who initially worked as an X-ray assistant and later became a rock 'n' Roll Club in Chicago. Emanuel's older brother Ezekiel is a cancer researcher and bioethicist. His other brother, Ari, is in the film industry. Emanuel also has an adoptive sister, Shoshana, who is 14 years his junior.

During the time his family lived in Chicago, Emanuel attended Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School , a Jewish day school . When his family moved to Wilmette , Illinois, Emanuel attended public schools: Romona School , Wilmette Junior High School, and New Trier West High School . He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1981 and then went to Northwestern University , where he graduated in 1985 with a Masters in Linguistics and Communication Science. Before that, he completed his training as a ballet dancer . Emanuel and his wife, Amy Rule, who converted to Judaism before the wedding, are active members of the modern Orthodox community Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel . Emanuel said of his Judaism: "I am proud of my heritage and treasure the values ​​it has taught me." (I am proud of my heritage and cultivate the values ​​that I have been taught.) The couple have three children (Zacharias, Ilana and Leah) and lives near Chicago's North Center.

Emanuel also trains triathlon .

politics

As a student, Emanuel was politically committed to the democratic congress candidate David Robinson. During the Second Gulf War , he served as a civilian Sar-El volunteer on a base for the Israel Defense Forces in northern Israel. From 1993 to 1999, Emanuel was an advisor to President Bill Clinton in the White House. His way of resolving conflicts offensively earned him the nickname "Rahmbo". After working as an investment banker in the meantime , he ran for the first time successfully for the House of Representatives in the 2002 election and represented the 5th congressional electoral district of Illinois from January 3, 2003 , which mainly includes parts of Chicago and is structurally strongly democratic. In Congress, he was a member of the influential Committee on Ways and Means and was from 2007 as Democratic Caucus Chairman, the fourth highest in the ranking Democrat. Previously, he was head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for the 2006 House election , in which the Democrats managed to win back a majority in the House of Representatives from the Republicans after twelve years .

Chief of Staff for Obama

With the election of Barack Obama as 44th  President of the United States of America , Emanuel moved to the position of Chief of Staff of the White House . Commenting on the calling, his father said, “Of course he will influence the president in favor of Israel. Why shouldn't he? Is he maybe an Arab? He's not going to clean the floor in the White House. ”For this, Emanuel apologized to Americans of Arab origin on behalf of his family.

Mayor of Chicago

On October 1, 2010, he announced his resignation as chief of staff to run for Chicago mayor's office. His acting successor was Pete Rouse , who was succeeded by Bill Daley after three months in office. On February 22, 2011, Rahm Emanuel won the election in the first ballot with 55 percent of the vote ahead of Gery Chico (24 percent) and thus became the first Jewish mayor of Chicago as the successor to Richard M. Daley, who was no longer running .

In the next election on February 24, 2015, he received 45 percent of the votes in the first ballot and on April 7, he won the runoff election with 56 percent against Jesus “Chuy” Garcia. Garcia represented a left-wing coalition and stood by saying that Emanuel's policies, despite his membership of the Democratic Party, did not take up any center-left issues and, above all, did not act in the interests of the citizens. Columbia professor Bernard Harcourt accused Emanuel of delaying the investigation of a police crime so as not to jeopardize his re-election.

After US President Donald Trump cut grants for security tasks in Chicago and other cities that do not extradite illegal immigrants to federal authorities ( Sanctuary Cities ), Emanuel announced a lawsuit against it.

On September 4, 2018, he surprisingly announced that he would not run for a third term. Lori Lightfoot , who took office on May 20, 2019, was elected to succeed him .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Susan Baer: Brothers: Rahm Emanuel and His Family. In: The Washingtonian , May 2008.
  2. ↑ Obama's chief of staff values ​​Rambo-style politics. In: Welt Online , November 6, 2008.
  3. ^ Bettina Gaus: Obama's chief mastermind. In: the daily newspaper , November 6, 2008.
  4. ↑ Michael Luo: In Banking, Emanuel Made Money and Connections. In: The New York Times , December 3, 2008.
  5. ↑ Emanuel to be Obama's chief of staff. In: Jerusalem Post , November 6, 2008.
  6. ↑ Rahm Emanuel apologizes for father's remarks. In: Welt Online , Reuters report of November 14, 2008.
  7. ↑ Bill Daley. In: Spiegel Online , January 9, 2012.
  8. ↑ Obama's former chief of staff becomes mayor of Chicago. In: FAZ.net , January 23, 2011.
  9. ↑ Rahm Emanuel faces runoff in Chicago to stay mayor. In: CNN.com on February 25, 2015.
  10. ↑ Chicago: Obama confidante Emanuel wins mayoral election. In: Spiegel Online , April 8, 2015.
  11. ↑ Emanuel and Garcia face different personality challenges. In: The Chicago Tribune , February 26, 2015.
  12. ^ Bernard E. Harcourt : Cover-Up in Chicago. In: The New York Times , November 30, 2015.
  13. ↑ Chicago Sues US Government , Die Zeit, August 8, 2017
  14. ↑ Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he won't seek reelection. In: Politico , September 4, 2018.
  15. ^ Turning point in Chicago In: Tagesschau.de , April 5, 2019
  16. ↑ Lori Lightfoot: Five Things You Need To Know. CBS Chicago, May 20, 2019, accessed June 30, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Emanuel, cream
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Emanuel, Rahm Israel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois