Lucie Tondreau | |
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| Mayor of North Miami, Florida | |
| In office 2013–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Andre Pierre |
| Succeeded by | Philippe Bien-Aime (Acting) Smith Joseph (elected) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1959or1960(age 63–64) [1] Haiti |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | North Miami,Florida |
Lucie Tondreau (born 1959/1960) is an American politician and social and immigrant activist who served as the first female and the third Haitian-American mayor of North Miami,Florida
Tondreau was born in Haiti but moved to Montreal,Canada in 1967 when she was seven. [2] [3] In 1981,she moved to New York City where she became active in the Haitian community. [2] In 1984,she moved to Miami where she worked with the Haitian Refugee Center and served as a board member of the Haitian American Community of Dade County (HACAD),the Metropolitan Planning Organization,the Florida Commission on the Status of Women,the Haitian-American Grassroots Coalition,the Miami Art in Public Places,and the Haitian Political Action Committee. [2] In 1999,she founded the public relations firm,Tondreau &Associates. [2] She worked as radio personality. [4]
She was one of two finalists in the non-partisan 2013 North Miami mayoral election, [5] a city where 1/3rd of the population was Haitian-American. [4] On June 4,2013,Tondreau was elected after a runoff election between her and former mayor Kevin Burns. [6] On May 21,2014,she was suspended as Mayor of North Miami after allegations of mortgage fraud. [7] Vice Mayor Philippe Bien-Aime was named acting mayor.
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