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| − | '''Maurice Edwin Landrieu''' (born 1930) was | + | {{Infobox person |
| + | |name=Maurice Edwin "Moon" Landrieu | ||
| + | |birth_date=July 23, 1930 | ||
| + | |birth_place=[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]] | ||
| + | |death_date= | ||
| + | |death_place= | ||
| + | |spouse=Verna Satterlee Landrieu | ||
| + | |religion=[[Roman Catholic]] | ||
| + | |party=[[Democrat Party|Democrat]] | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | '''Maurice Edwin Landrieu''', known as '''Moon Landrieu''' (born July 23, 1930) was the [[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 a former [[judge]] and served on the New Orleans City Council and in the Louisiana House of Representatives prior to his two terms as mayor. | ||
| − | 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 current term-limited New Orleans mayor and former lieutenant governor | + | 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 current term-limited New Orleans mayor and former lieutenant governor<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9558118/site/newsweek/</ref> known for his [[liberal]] political philosophy. |
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Revision as of 03:14, September 13, 2017
| Maurice Edwin "Moon" Landrieu | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 23, 1930 New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Political Party | Democrat |
| Spouse | Verna Satterlee Landrieu |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Maurice Edwin Landrieu, known as Moon Landrieu (born July 23, 1930) was the 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 a former judge and served on the New Orleans City Council and in the Louisiana House of Representatives prior to his two terms as mayor.
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 current term-limited New Orleans mayor and former lieutenant governor[1] known for his liberal political philosophy.