Lori Lightfoot (as Mayor of Chicago)

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Lori Lightfoot is an American politician and attorney who became the first Black woman and first openly gay person elected as mayor of Chicago, serving from 2019 to 2023.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf attorney
human
mayor
politician
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts
Juris Doctor
barAdmission Illinois
campaignSlogan Bring in the Light
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1962-08-04
educatedAt University of Chicago Law School
University of Michigan
electedIn 2019 Chicago mayoral election
employer Mayer Brown (law firm)
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois
surface form: United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois
endTime 2023-05-15
ethnicGroup African American
familyName Lightfoot
fieldOfStudy law
political science
gender female
givenName Lori
hasChild 1 daughter
name Lori Elaine Lightfoot
notableFor being the first Black woman elected mayor of Chicago
being the first openly gay person elected mayor of Chicago
occupation attorney
lawyer
politician
public servant
officeEndTime (Mayor of Chicago) 2023-05-15
officeStartTime (Mayor of Chicago) 2019-05-20
partyAffiliation Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
placeOfBirth Massillon, Ohio, United States
policyFocus economic development in Chicago
ethics reform
police reform
positionHeld Chair of the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force
Mayor of Chicago
President of the Chicago Police Board
precededBy Rahm Emanuel
ranForOffice Richard M. Daley (as Mayor of Chicago)
surface form: Mayor of Chicago
religion Christianity
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States
sexualOrientation lesbian
spouse Amy Eshleman
startTime 2019-05-20
succeededBy Brandon Johnson
workedAs federal prosecutor

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Rahm Emanuel succeededBy Lori Lightfoot (as Mayor of Chicago)