Lori Lightfoot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Lori Lightfoot

56th Mayor of Chicago

Date of Birth: 04-Aug-1962

Place of Birth: Massillon, Ohio, United States

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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Lori Elaine Lightfoot (born August 4, 1962) is an American politician and lawyer serving as 56th and current Mayor of Chicago.
Before becoming mayor, Lightfoot worked in private legal practice as a partner at Mayer Brown and held various government positions in the City of Chicago.
Most notably, she served as president of the Chicago Police Board and chair of the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force.
She is a member of the Democratic Party.Lightfoot ran for Mayor of Chicago in 2019, advancing to a runoff election against Toni Preckwinkle in the February 2019 election.
She defeated Preckwinkle in the runoff on April 2, 2019.
Lightfoot is the first black female and first openly gay leader of the city, which became the largest in United States history to have an openly LGBTQ mayor, and again the largest U.S.
city to be headed by a woman.
She is the second woman to be elected mayor of Chicago and the first woman to hold the office since the four-year term of Jane Byrne ended in 1983.