Vicente Sarmiento

Vicente Sarmiento
Official portrait, 2020
Member of the
Orange County Board of Supervisors
from the 2nd district
Assumed office
January 10, 2023
Preceded byKatrina Foley (redistricted)
Mayor of Santa Ana
In office
December 8, 2020  December 13, 2022
Preceded byMiguel A. Pulido
Succeeded byValerie Amezcua
Santa Ana City Councilmember
from Ward 1
In office
January 2007  December 8, 2020
Appointed byMiguel A. Pulido
Preceded byJose Solorio
Succeeded byThai Viet Phan
Personal details
Born
Vicente Flavio Sarmiento

(1964-05-11) May 11, 1964
Quime, La Paz, Bolivia
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseEva Cazas
Children
  • Adrián
  • Diego
  • Dalia
Parent(s)Vicente Sarmiento Sr.
Irma Sarmiento
EducationUniversity 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.