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==Educational and political career==
==Educational and political career==
Ioubert worked as a classroom teacher, [[basketball]] coach, counselor, and assistant principal at Eunice High School. He is the former director of the Eunice Vocational Educational Center.<ref name=bio/> In 1961-1962, Joubert was named the "Southwest Louisiana Coach of the Year."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eunicetoday.com/local/files-november-1962|title=From the Files of ''The Eunice News''|date=November 1962|publisher=eunicetoday.com|accessdate=December 9, 2013}}</ref> In 1967, he was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives and served one term during the second administration of [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]] from 1968 until 1972, alongside fellow Democrats Armand Joseph Brinkhaus, Sr. (1935-2017), a lawyer from Sunset in St. Landry Parish and a strong advocate of the French language and culture,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acadianmuseum.com/legends.php?viewID=188|title=Living Legends: Armand Brinkhaus|date=November 7, 2009|publisher=acadiamuseum.com|accessdate=June 8, 2020}}</ref> and H. B. DeJean.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisian House of Representatives|accessdate=December 9, 2013}}</ref>Thereafter in 1980, under Superintendent [[J. Kelly Nix]], he was appointed to the State Department of Education in charge of the statewide Title I program of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.<ref name=bio/>
Ioubert worked as a classroom teacher, [[basketball]] coach, counselor, and assistant principal at Eunice High School. He is the former director of the Eunice Vocational Educational Center.<ref name=bio/> In 1961-1962, Joubert was named the "Southwest Louisiana Coach of the Year."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eunicetoday.com/local/files-november-1962|title=From the Files of ''The Eunice News''|date=November 1962|publisher=eunicetoday.com|accessdate=December 9, 2013}}</ref> In 1967, he was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives and served one term during the second administration of [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]] from 1968 until 1972, alongside fellow Democrats Armand Joseph Brinkhaus, Sr. (1935-2017), a lawyer from Sunset in St. Landry Parish and a strong advocate of the French language and culture,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acadianmuseum.com/legends.php?viewID=188|title=Living Legends: Armand Brinkhaus|date=November 7, 2009|publisher=acadiamuseum.com|accessdate=June 8, 2020}}</ref> and H. B. DeJean.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=June 8, 2020}}</ref>Thereafter in 1980, under Superintendent [[J. Kelly Nix]], he was appointed to the State Department of Education in charge of the statewide Title I program of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.<ref name=bio/>
In 1981, Joubert was elected mayor of Eunice; he unseated the incumbent and defeated two other challengers as well. In his last election in 1990, Joubert defeated in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] his fellow Democrat Hubert "Kutch" Rougeau, 48 to 39 percent. Rougeau withdrew from a runoff electio] which he could have contested with Joubert.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 6, 1990.</ref> In 1994, Rougeau was elected mayor to succeed Joubert, who did not seek another term. Rougeau took office on January 1, 1995.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 8, 1994.</ref>
In 1981, Joubert was elected mayor of Eunice; he unseated the incumbent and defeated two other challengers as well. In his last election in 1990, Joubert defeated in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] his fellow Democrat Hubert "Kutch" Rougeau, 48 to 39 percent. Rougeau withdrew from a runoff electio] which he could have contested with Joubert.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 6, 1990.</ref> In 1994, Rougeau was elected mayor to succeed Joubert, who did not seek another term. Rougeau took office on January 1, 1995.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 8, 1994.</ref>