Carlos Ramirez-Rosa
Carlos Ramirez-Rosa | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Ramirez-Rosa in 2019 | |
| General Superintendent and CEO of the Chicago Park District | |
| Assumed office April 1, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Rosa Escareño |
| Member of the Chicago City Council from the 35th Ward | |
| In office May 18, 2015 – April 1, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Rey Colón |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Quezada |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 18, 1989 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BA) |
Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (born February 18, 1989) is an American politician who has been the General Superintendent and CEO of the Chicago Park District since 2025. He was the alderman for Chicago's 35th Ward, serving from 2015 until 2025. He worked as a community organizer with the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, and a congressional aide to U.S. Representative Luis Gutiérrez.
Ramirez-Rosa is a member of the Chicago City Council's Progressive Caucus, and was elected to serve as a delegate to the 2016 Democratic National Convention as a Bernie Sanders supporter. He is the city's youngest alderman, and one of the youngest Aldermen ever elected, when elected at age 26.
On August 31, 2017, he was announced to be Daniel Biss's running mate in the 2018 gubernatorial election. Ramirez-Rosa was dropped from the ticket on September 6, 2017. After Luis Gutiérrez announced his retirement from Congress, Ramirez-Rosa announced his candidacy for Gutiérrez’s seat, Illinois' 4th congressional district; he withdrew on January 9, 2018.
He is a self-described democratic socialist and a member of Democratic Socialists of America.
References
- ↑ Vivaneo, Leanor (3 August 2015). "The rundown on Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa". DNAinfo Chicago. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ↑ "Progressillinois.com". progressillinois.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-07. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
- ↑ Glowacz, Dave (11 May 2016). "Delegates elected to Democratic national convention". CHIGOV.COM. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ↑ Cox, Ted (9 January 2009). "Who Was Chicago's Youngest Alderman? A Famous Future Colonel Won at Age 23". DNAinfo Chicago. Archived from the original on 4 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ↑ Byrne, John (August 31, 2017). "Biss selects freshman Chicago alderman as running mate". Chicago Tribune.
- ↑ Pearson, Rick (September 6, 2017). "Dem gov hopeful Biss drops running mate Ramirez-Rosa over Israel views". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
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