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Also Known As Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg
Born January 19, 1982 (age 43) • South Bend • Indiana
Title / Office U.S. Department of Transportation (2021-2025), United States • mayor (2012-2020), South Bend
Awards And Honors Rhodes Scholarship

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