PERSON: Oscar Leeser

City of El Paso

Mayor

Oscar Leeser (born May 7, 1958) is an American politician who has served as the 52nd mayor of El Paso, Texas since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 50th mayor from 2013 to 2017.

Oscar Leeser was born in Chihuahua, Mexico. In 1967. At the age of 9, he arrived in El Paso along with his six siblings. He graduated from Coronado High School in El Paso, Texas. Leeser worked alongside his father Arthur Leeser for 31 years at the Hyundai dealership in El Paso. Leeser’s mother, Rhoberta was well known for saying “My Oscar, he’s such a good boy” in the dealership’s commercials.

Following graduation from high school, Leeser began his career in the auto industry, working with several dealerships in El Paso for over three decades. Leeser was given a career opportunity in 2001, when he became president and dealer operator of Hyundai of El Paso. He had turned a local store that was only selling 15 cars a month into the number one overall dealer in El Paso. His store also became the number one Hyundai dealer in the South Central Region and ninth in the United States for Hyundai dealers.

Leeser first served as mayor of El Paso from 2013 to 2017, and then took a break from public life due to health issues. He ran for office again in 2020, and assumed office on January 5, 2021.

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