Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
In office January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007
Preceded by
Bob Matsui
Succeeded by
Chris Van Hollen
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 5th district
In office January 3, 2003 – January 2, 2009
Preceded by
Rod Blagojevich
Succeeded by
Mike Quigley
Senior Advisor to the President
In office January 20, 1993 – November 7, 1998
President
Bill Clinton
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Doug Sosnik
White House Director of Political Affairs
In office January 20, 1993 – June 23, 1993
President
Bill Clinton
Preceded by
Janet Mullins
Succeeded by
Joan Baggett
Personal details
Born
Rahm Israel Emanuel
(1959-11-29) November 29, 1959 (age 64) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Amy Rule
(m. 1994)
Children
3
Relatives
Ari Emanuel (brother) Ezekiel Emanuel (brother)
Education
Sarah Lawrence College (BA) Northwestern University (MA)
Occupation
Politician
diplomat
political strategist
legislator
Signature
Rahm Emanuel's voice
Emanuel's opening statement at his confirmation hearing to be United States ambassador to Japan Recorded October 20, 2021
Rahm Israel Emanuel (/rɑːm/; born November 29, 1959)[1] is an American politician and diplomat currently serving as United States ambassador to Japan. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives for three terms from 2003 to 2009. He was the White House Chief of Staff from 2009 to 2010 under Barack Obama and served as mayor of Chicago from 2011 to 2019.
Born in Chicago, Emanuel is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Northwestern University. Early in his career, Emanuel served as director of the finance committee for Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign. In 1993, he joined the Clinton administration, where he served as assistant to the president for political affairs and as Senior Advisor to the President for policy and strategy. Emanuel worked at the investment bank Wasserstein Perella & Co. from 1998 for two-and-a-half years, and served on the board of directors of Freddie Mac. In 2002, he ran for the seat in the U.S. House of Representatives vacated by Rod Blagojevich, who resigned to become governor of Illinois. Emanuel won the first of three terms representing Illinois's 5th congressional district, a seat he held from 2003 to 2009. As chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, he oversaw Democratic wins in the 2006 United States House of Representatives elections, allowing the party to gain control of the chamber for the first time since 1994.
After the 2008 U.S. presidential election, President Barack Obama appointed Emanuel to serve as White House chief of staff. In October 2010, Emanuel resigned as chief of staff to run in the 2011 Chicago mayoral election. Emanuel won with 55% of the vote over five other candidates in the non-partisan mayoral election. In the 2015 Chicago mayoral election, he failed to obtain an absolute majority in the first round but defeated Cook County board commissioner Jesús "Chuy" García in the subsequent run-off election. In late 2015, Emanuel's approval rating plunged to "the low 20s",[2] in response to a series of scandals.[3]
In October 2017, Emanuel announced he planned to run for a third term,[4] but reversed his decision on September 4, 2018.[5] The Chicago Tribune assessed Emanuel's performance as mayor as "mixed", and at one point half of Chicagoans favored Emanuel's resignation. He left office in May 2019 and was succeeded by Lori Lightfoot. In August 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Emanuel to be the United States Ambassador to Japan;[6] he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in December of that year.[7]
^"UPI Almanac for Friday, Nov. 29, 2019". United Press International. November 29, 2019. Archived from the original on December 24, 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2020. …former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 1959 (age 60)
^"Mayor Rahm Emanuel fundraising in Washington, D. C. Thursday". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on July 4, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
^Perlstein, Rick (December 31, 2015). "The Sudden, but Well-Deserved, Fall of Rahm Emanuel". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on November 1, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
^Hinz, Greg (October 19, 2017). "Emanuel says there's no doubt: He's running again". Crain's Chicago Business. Archived from the original on July 28, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
^Cite error: The named reference sept5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Senate OKs ex-Obama aide Rahm Emanuel as US ambassador to Japan - The Minichi(12/18/2021)
^"Rahm Emanuel Confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Next U.S. Ambassador to Japan". United States Government. U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Japan. December 22, 2021. Archived from the original on January 2, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
Rahm Israel Emanuel (/rɑːm/; born November 29, 1959) is an American politician and diplomat currently serving as United States ambassador to Japan. A...
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reelection of incumbent mayor RahmEmanuel. The elections were concurrent with the 2015 Chicago aldermanic elections. Emanuel ran for reelection, seeking...
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runoff election date if no candidate received an absolute majority. RahmEmanuel won the race for mayor with more than 55% of the vote. He was inaugurated...
Booker.) McCarthy was hired by Mayor RahmEmanuel to take over the Chicago Police Department shortly after Emanuel's election in early 2011. McCarthy was...
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House was to be a contrarian and force others to defend their positions. RahmEmanuel, White House chief of staff, said that Biden helped counter groupthink...
Obama and Howard Dean, as well as for Jan Schakowsky, Sherrod Brown, and RahmEmanuel. LaBolt was born August 20, 1981. He is from La Grange, Illinois. He...
placed fourth in a field of six candidates, losing the 2011 election to RahmEmanuel. Moseley Braun was the first African-American woman elected to the U...
interim Chief of Staff there for several months following the departure of RahmEmanuel in October 2010, and subsequent appointment of William M. Daley the following...
only three women among the 200 top-paid city employees; Chicago Mayor RahmEmanuel's payroll shows just 12 women among the 100 top-paid employees; and among...
have not. I can't make it any clearer than that." Then-Mayor of Chicago RahmEmanuel strongly criticized the decision, saying it was a "whitewash of justice"...
married Hollywood agent Ari Emanuel in Saint-Tropez; of note, the wedding was officiated by comedian Larry David, a friend of Emanuel. "Sarah Staudinger". Forbes...
Jeffrey (November 6, 2008). "RahmEmanuel and Israel". The Atlantic. Kenner, David (November 7, 2008). "RahmEmanuel and Israel". Foreign Policy. Kalman...
member, and the kid right now is going to be a gang member". Former Mayor RahmEmanuel disbanded the Chicago Police Department's anti-gang unit in 2012 in order...
Research Group, a political opposition research and media firm run by RahmEmanuel (later White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama, and Mayor...
2014. McDonald, Soraya Nadia (July 26, 2015). "Two mayors, including RahmEmanuel, ban Chief Keef hologram performances". The Washington Post. Retrieved...
the office of corporation counsel for the City of Chicago under Mayor RahmEmanuel. From 2019 until he was named White House Counsel, Siskel was chief legal...
Vanity Fair article reported that Neumann made claims that he convinced RahmEmanuel to run for the presidency of the United States, used JPMorgan Chase's...
the control of the Chicago Park District. In July 2013, Chicago Mayor RahmEmanuel and Governor of Illinois Pat Quinn proposed a privatized revitalization...