Rahm Emanuel
American politician and diplomat
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| March 12 2025 | Expressed interest in running for president in the 2028 United States presidential election. |
| January 2025 | Concluded his post as U.S. Ambassador to Japan with the end of the Biden administration. |
| 2024 | Became the first U.S. ambassador to visit Yonaguni. |
| August 7 2024 | Announced he would skip the Nagasaki atomic bombing memorial ceremony because Israel was not invited. |
| November 2023 | Rahm Emanuel's Michigan residence was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti, with the word 'Nazis' spray-painted on the fence, occurring in the context of tensions surrounding the Israel-Hamas war. |
| March 25 2022 | Emanuel presented his diplomatic credentials to Japanese Emperor Naruhito. |
| December 18 2021 | United States Senate confirmed Emanuel's nomination as ambassador to Japan in a 48–21 vote. |
| November 3 2021 | Senate Foreign Relations Committee favorably reported Emanuel's nomination to the Senate floor. |
| October 20 2021 | Senate Foreign Relations Committee held hearings on Emanuel's ambassadorial nomination. |
| August 2021 | Emanuel was formally nominated to serve as ambassador to Japan. |
| April 2021 | Biden chose Emanuel as the ambassador to Japan. |
| February 2021 | Rahm Emanuel was reported to be under consideration by the Biden administration as a potential ambassador to China or Japan. |
| July 2019 | Emanuel began serving as a political analyst for ABC News. |
| June 2019 | Emanuel joined Centerview Partners as a senior counselor. |
| May 2019 | Left office as Chicago mayor, succeeded by Lori Lightfoot. |
| May 2019 | Rahm Emanuel was named founding executive chair of the National BAM Advisory Council of the Becoming A Man youth program. |
| May 8 2019 | Published an op-ed 'Why Chicago Leads on Police Reform' in The New York Times. |
| March 2019 | After Willie Cochran's resignation, chose not to appoint an interim alderman for the vacant seat |
| March 10 2019 | Wrote an article 'How Not to Lose to Donald Trump' published in The Atlantic. |
| 2018 | Appointed Silvana Tabares as 23rd Ward alderman |
| September 4 2018 | Reversed his decision to run for a third term as Chicago mayor. |
| April 2018 | Received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from NUI Galway in recognition of his achievements in education reform during his mayoral tenure. |
| October 2017 | Rahm Emanuel announced his initial intention to run for reelection as Mayor of Chicago, despite having low approval ratings. |
| March 2017 | Chicago Tribune reported that Emanuel released 2,696 previously withheld emails, which revealed 26 potential violations of lobbying laws, including unregistered lobbyist contacts with city officials. |
| 2016 | Appointed Sophia King as 4th Ward alderman |
| November 2016 | Attended JoJo's concert in Chicago, demonstrating his enthusiasm as a lifelong fan. |
| April 2016 | Kaiser Family Foundation / New York Times poll indicates continued low approval, with only 25% support among Chicago adults |
| February 2016 | Chicago Tribune polls reported Rahm Emanuel's approval ratings dropped to an all-time low of 27% due to controversies surrounding the Laquan McDonald police shooting video cover-up and ongoing public protests. |
| January 2016 | Research America Inc. / Chicago Tribune poll shows Emanuel's approval further decreased to 27% among registered Chicago voters |
| 2015 | Planned a family holiday trip to Cuba, continuing his tradition of exposing his children to different cultures through international travel. |
| December 2015 | Illinois Observer poll reveals a significant decline in Emanuel's approval, dropping to 18% among likely Chicago voters |
| December 31 2015 | The Emanuel administration released emails showing attempts to coordinate public relations with independent agencies after the Laquan McDonald shooting, while The New Yorker published a critically negative article about Emanuel's political legacy. |
| December 30 2015 | Emanuel announced changes to the Chicago police department, including doubling the number of Tasers issued to officers. |
| December 28 2015 | Emanuel cut short his vacation in Cuba to address the ongoing police crisis and public criticism. |
| December 26 2015 | A police officer killed two people in a shooting, including a woman shot by mistake, further escalating tensions around police conduct. |
| December 24 2015 | Protests against Emanuel and the Chicago Police Department were held on Michigan Avenue during the holiday shopping season. |
| November 24 2015 | The dash-cam video of Laquan McDonald's shooting was released after a judge's order, sparking significant public outrage and criticism of Emanuel's handling of the incident. |
| April 7 2015 | Rahm Emanuel won the run-off mayoral election with 56 percent of the vote, defeating challenger Jesús 'Chuy' García, despite criticism over his closure of 50 public schools in minority neighborhoods and the installation of red light cameras. |
| October 20 2014 | Laquan McDonald was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer, an incident that would later become a major controversy during Emanuel's mayoral tenure. |
| August 2014 | Chicago Tribune poll reported Rahm Emanuel had a 35% approval rating as mayor of Chicago, reflecting significant public dissatisfaction with his leadership. |
| 2013 | Appointed Natashia Holmes as 7th Ward alderman |
| 2013 | Appointed Deb Mell as 33rd Ward alderman |
| September 17 2013 | Emanuel's appointed Chicago Board of Education announced the closure of 50 Chicago public schools (49 elementary schools and one high school), marking the largest school closure in Chicago's history. |
| April 2013 | Chicago Tribune / WGN-TV poll shows Emanuel's approval rating improved to 50% among Chicago voters |
| February 2013 | Crain's Chicago Business / Ipsos poll indicates a significant drop in Emanuel's approval rating to 19% |
| 2012 | Lollapalooza paid taxes for the first time in seven years and secured a contract extension to host the music festival in Grant Park through 2021. |
| 2012 | Apologized for initially opposing broad healthcare reform, saying 'Thank God for the country, he didn't listen to me' after the Supreme Court upheld 'ObamaCare' |
| 2012 | Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago City Council passed the Welcoming City Ordinance, officially designating Chicago as a 'de jure' sanctuary city that would provide protections for undocumented immigrants. |
| November 2012 | Emanuel publicly listed his top three legislative priorities: security and pension reform, adding a casino to Chicago, and equal marriage rights for same-sex couples. |
| November 15 2012 | A judge granted a temporary legal stay on the landmark decision regarding the Prentice Women's Hospital Building, allowing preservation coalitions to file a lawsuit against the landmark commission. |
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