<Tr> <Th> Rank </Th> <Td> Lieutenant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Battles / wars </Th> <Td> War in Afghanistan </Td> </Tr> <P> Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg (/ ˈbuːtɪdʒɛdʒ /; born January 19, 1982) is an American politician serving as the 32nd and current Mayor of South Bend, Indiana since 2012 . A member of the Democratic Party, Buttigieg is a graduate of Harvard University, a Rhodes Scholar, and a veteran of the War in Afghanistan . He has been mentioned as a possible candidate for President of the United States in the 2020 election . If elected, Buttigieg would be the first openly gay U.S. President . </P> <P> Buttigieg was born in South Bend, Indiana, to Joseph Buttigieg and Jennifer Ann (née Montgomery). He is of Maltese and Scottish descent . </P>

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