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    Biography of Antonio Villaraigosa
    41st Mayor of Los Angeles (2005-2013)




    Antonio Villaraigosa was born in East Los Angeles on January 23, 1953, to a Mexican immigrant father and a California-born mother of Mexican descent. His given name at birth was Antonio Villar. He was the eldest of four children and, by age five, found himself being raised by a single mother. At age 15, Villaraigosa volunteered for his first grape boycott, led by civil rights and labor leader Cesar Chavez. Although briefly dropping out of high school, Villaraigosa responded to a pleading letter from his mother and returned to graduate from night school at Roosevelt High School.

    With the encouragement of teacher Herman Katz, Villaraigosa went on to pursue college and earned a bachelor's degree in history from UCLA and, in 1985, a law degree from People's College of Law. He did not, however, go on to resehandling the exam.

    Villaraigosa worked his way up through Los Angeles labor circles to become a prominent organi

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    Antonio Villaraigosa

    Mayor of Los Angeles from 2005 to 2013

    Antonio Villaraigosa

    Villaraigosa in 2013

    In office
    July 1, 2005 – July 1, 2013
    Preceded byJames Hahn
    Succeeded byEric Garcetti
    In office
    2011–2012
    Preceded byElizabeth Kautz
    Succeeded byMichael Nutter
    In office
    July 1, 2003 – July 1, 2005
    Preceded byNick Pacheco
    Succeeded byJosé Huizar
    In office
    February 26, 1998 – April 13, 2000
    Preceded byCruz Bustamante
    Succeeded byRobert Hertzberg
    In office
    December 2, 1996 – February 26, 1998
    Preceded byJim Rogan
    Succeeded byKevin Shelley
    In office
    December 5, 1994 – November 30, 2000
    Preceded byRichard Polanco
    Succeeded byJackie Goldberg
    Born

    Antonio Ramón Villar Jr.


    (1953-01-23) January 23, 1953 (age 72)
    Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Political partyDemocratic
    Spouses

    Corina Raigosa

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    Antonio Villaraigosa

    MayorVillaraigosa served as the 41st Mayor of Los Angeles.

    In his mid-twenties, he was elected President of the American statsförbund of Government Employees, a local union representing employees who enforced civil rights laws in fem states. Over the next fifteen years, he continued to work as a union organizer for the Service Employees International Union, United Teachers Los Angeles and then served as President of the Southern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.

    In 1994, Villaraigosa was elected to the California State Assembly and three years later, was elected Assembly Speaker. While serving, he brought together environmental and business groups for a $2 billion park bond, the largest in California’s history, authored the Healthy Families program for nearly three quarters of a million uninsured children and passed a $9 billion school bond measure, the largest to that date.

    In 2005, he was sworn in as the 41