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Antonio Villaraigosa

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Also known as: Antonio Ramón Villar
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Originally in full:
Antonio Ramón Villar
Born:
January 23, 1953, Los Angeles, California, U.S. (age 71)
Title / Office:
mayor (2005-2013), Los Angeles
Political Affiliation:
Democratic Party
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Antonio Villaraigosa (born January 23, 1953, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) is an American Democratic politician who served as the mayor of Los Angeles (2005–13), the first Hispanic to hold the post since 1872. Villaraigosa (whose name is an amalgamation of his own family name, Villar, and that of Corina Raigosa, whom he married in 1987 and divorced in 2007) grew up in a predominantly Latino area of East Los Angeles, where he and his three younger siblings were raised by their mother. He was politically involved from age 15—volunteering with the farmworkers’ movement and participating in protest marches. A rebellious ...(100 of 500 words)

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