| − | '''Maurice Edwin Landrieu''' (born 1930) was Mayor of [[New Orleans]] from 1970 to 1978, as well as holding a variety of other political positions in Louisiana. He is the progenitor of the [[Democratic]] Louisiana Landrieu clan which includes his daughter, current U.S. Senator [[Mary Landrieu]] and his son, current Lieutenant Governor [[Mitch Landrieu]]. He was often called by his nickname "Moon".<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9558118/site/newsweek/</ref> | + | '''Maurice Edwin Landrieu''' (born 1930) was Mayor of [[New Orleans]] from 1970 to 1978. He served from 1979 to 1981 in the [[Jimmy Carter]] administration as the United States [[Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]]He is the progenitor of the [[Democratic]] Louisiana Landrieu clan which includes his daughter, former state treasurer and U.S. Senator [[Mary Landrieu]] and a son, [[Mitch Landrieu]], the term-limited New Orleans mayor and former lieutenant governor. He was usually known by his nickname, "Moon".<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9558118/site/newsweek/</ref> |