| − | '''Roger Francis Villere, Jr.''', pronounced VILL ARY) (born August 16, 1949) is a [[business]]man from Metairie in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]] who on March 26, 2004, was elected state chairman of the [[Louisiana]] [[Republican Party]] by the 144-member GOP State Central Committee.<ref name="la.gop.com">{{cite web |year= 2009 |url=http://la.gop.com/StatesMapPage.aspx?|title=LA State Party Leadership|publisher=[[Republican Party]] of [[Louisiana]]|accessdate=November 17, 2009}}</ref> He succeeded Patricia Phillips Brister of St. Tammany Parish, the first woman to have been the state GOP chairman, her tenure having been a single term from 2000 to 2004. Villere's tenure ended as party chairman ended in 2012. | + | '''Roger Francis Villere, Jr.''' (pronounced VILL ARY) (born August 16, 1949), is a [[business]]man from Metairie in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]] who on March 26, 2004, was elected state chairman of the [[Louisiana]] [[Republican Party]] by the 144-member GOP State Central Committee.<ref name="la.gop.com">{{cite web |year= 2009 |url=http://la.gop.com/StatesMapPage.aspx?|title=LA State Party Leadership|publisher=[[Republican Party]] of [[Louisiana]]|accessdate=November 17, 2009}}</ref> He succeeded Patricia Phillips Brister of St. Tammany Parish, the first woman to have been the state GOP chairman, her tenure having been a single term from 2000 to 2004. Villere's tenure ended as party chairman ended in 2012. |