Rahm Emanuel
US Ambassador to Japan
Rahm Emanuel is the 31st US Ambassador to Japan. Previously, Ambassador Emanuel was the 55th Mayor of the City of Chicago, a position he held until May 2019. Prior to becoming Mayor, from November 2008 until October 2010, Ambassador Emanuel served as President Barack Obama’s Chief of Staff. He was elected four times as a Member of the US House of Representatives from Illinois’s 5th Congressional District. From 1993 to 1998, Ambassador Emanuel was a key member of President Bill Clinton’s administration, rising to serve as Senior Advisor to the President for Policy and Politics.
