Vicente Sarmiento
Vicente Sarmiento | |
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Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors from the 2nd district | |
| Assumed office January 10, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Katrina Foley (redistricted) |
| Mayor of Santa Ana | |
| In office December 8, 2020 – December 13, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Miguel A. Pulido |
| Succeeded by | Valerie Amezcua |
| Santa Ana City Councilmember from Ward 1 | |
| In office January 2007 – December 8, 2020 | |
| Appointed by | Miguel A. Pulido |
| Preceded by | Jose Solorio |
| Succeeded by | Thai Viet Phan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vicente Flavio Sarmiento May 11, 1964 Quime, La Paz, Bolivia |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Eva Cazas |
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| Parent(s) | Vicente Sarmiento Sr. Irma Sarmiento |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BEc) University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law (JD) Harvard Kennedy School |
Vicente Flavio Sarmiento (born May 11, 1964) is a Bolivian-born American economist, lawyer, and politician serving as a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors from the 2nd district since 2023. He was previously the mayor of Santa Ana from 2020 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as City Councilmember representing Ward 1 from 2007 to 2020. Hailing from Quime in Bolivia's La Paz Department, he is credited as the first-ever Bolivian American mayor in the United States.