Xavier Suárez
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Xavier Suárez | |
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| Mayor of Miami | |
| In office November 14, 1997 – March 12, 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Joe Carollo |
| Succeeded by | Joe Carollo |
| In office November 14, 1985 – November 11, 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Maurice Ferré |
| Succeeded by | Stephen P. Clark |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Xavier Louis Suárez 21 May 1949 (aged 77) Las Villas, Cuba |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Rita |
| Children | Francis |
| Education | Villanova University (BEng) Harvard University (MPA, JD) |
Xavier Louis Suárez (born May 21, 1949) is an American politician. He was the first Cuban-born Mayor of Miami. He is currently a Miami-Dade county commissioner. Suárez was first elected Mayor in 1985. He was re-elected in 1987 and again in 1989 for a four-year term. Suarez was highly popular as Mayor of Miami.
He became known in the 1990s for refusing to accept Nelson Mandela in Miami due to Mandela's support of Fidel Castro.[1]
His son, Francis X. Suarez is Mayor of the City of Miami.
Suárez unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Miami again in 2025.
References
- ↑ Mandela Snubbed In Miami (June 29, 1990)Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
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