Eric Garcetti
| Eric Garcetti | |
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| 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles | |
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Assumed office July 1, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Antonio Villaraigosa |
| 22nd President of the Los Angeles City Council | |
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In office January 1, 2006 – January 12, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Alex Padilla |
| Succeeded by | Herb Wesson |
| Member of the Los Angeles City Council from the 13th district |
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In office July 1, 2001 – July 1, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Jackie Goldberg |
| Succeeded by | Mitch O'Farrell |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Eric Michael Garcetti February 4, 1971 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Amy Wakeland (2009–present) |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence | Getty House |
| Alma mater |
Columbia University (BA, MIA) London School of Economics Queen's College, Oxford |
| Website | Government website |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Rank |
 Lieutenant
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| Unit |
Information Dominance Corps U.S. Navy Reserve |
Eric Michael Garcetti (born February 4, 1971) is the current mayor of Los Angeles of and a former member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 13th District. He was council president from 2006 to 2012.
A member of the Democratic Party, Garcetti won in a nonpartisan election for mayor, on May 21, 2013, defeating city controller Wendy Greuel. Garcetti is the city's first elected Jewish mayor.
Garcetti was born at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles and was raised in Encino, in the San Fernando Valley. Garcetti is the son of Sukey (Roth) and the former Los Angeles County district attorney Gil Garcetti. His paternal grandfather, Salvador Garcetti, was born in Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico and was brought to the United States as a child after his father, Massimo "Max" Garcetti, a judge and emigrant to Mexico from Italy, was hanged during the Mexican Revolution. His paternal grandmother, Juanita Iberri, was born in Arizona, one of 19 children born to an emigrant father from Sonora, Mexico and a mother born in Arizona to an Irish father and a Mexican mother. His maternal grandfather, Harry Roth, founded and ran the clothing brand Louis Roth Clothes; Eric's maternal grandparents were from Russian Jewish immigrant families. It has also been reported that Garcetti's family is of Litvak descent.
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