Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg[1] ( /ˈbuːtɪdʒɛdʒ/; born January 19, 1982) is an American politician, serving as the 32nd Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, since 2012.[2] A member of the Democratic Party, Buttigieg is a graduate of Harvard University, a Rhodes Scholar, and a veteran of the War in Afghanistan.[3] He is the first openly gay Democratic candidate ever to run for President of the United States and is competing for the party's nomination in the 2020 election.[4] If elected, he would be the youngest at age 38 and the youngest to serve at age 39.[5] (source)