What is Cyrus Habib?
{{Infobox Officeholder |name = Cyrus Habib |image = Cyrus Habib official.jpg |office = 16th [[Lieutenant Governor of Washington]] |governor = [[Jay Inslee]] |term_start = January 11, 2017 |term_end = January 13, 2021 |predecessor = [[Brad Owen]] |successor = [[Denny Heck]] |state_senate1 = Washington |district1 = 48th |term_start1 = January 12, 2015 |term_end1 = January 4, 2017 |predecessor1 = [[Rodney Tom]] |successor1 = [[Patty Kuderer]] |state_house2 = Washington |district2 = 48th |term_start2 = January 14, 2013 |term_end2 = January 12, 2015 |predecessor2 = [[Deborah Eddy]] |successor2 = [[Joan McBride]] |birth_name = Kamyar Cyrus Habib |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|8|22}} |birth_place = [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |education = [[Columbia University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[St John's College, Oxford]] ([[Master of Letters|MLitt]])<br>[[Yale University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) |website = {{url|cyrushabib.com|Official website}} |residence = [[Bellevue, Washington]] }} '''Kamyar Cyrus Habib''' (born August 22, 1981) is an American politician, lawyer, and educator. He was the 16th [[Lieutenant Governor of Washington]]. He has been fully blind since he lost his eyesight to cancer at age eight. He is both the first and only Iranian-American official to hold statewide elected office in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Greenberg |first1=Kalie |title='I'm Iranian-American': Washington Lt. Gov. Cyrus Habib reacts to reports of border detainment |url=https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/im-iranian-america-lt-gov-habib-reacts-to-reports-iranian-americans-were-stopped-questioned-at-the-washington-canada-border/281-7a228ba6-7673-46a9-a391-6eadf081517b |website=King 5 |publisher=King 5}}</ref> In March 2020, he announced plans to quit politics and become a [[Jesuit]] priest. ==References== {{reflist}