7th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
In office September 24, 1979 – January 20, 1981
President
Jimmy Carter
Preceded by
Patricia Roberts Harris
Succeeded by
Samuel Pierce
56th Mayor of New Orleans
In office May 4, 1970 – May 1, 1978
Preceded by
Victor H. Schiro
Succeeded by
Ernest Nathan Morial
33rd President of the United States Conference of Mayors
In office 1975–1976
Preceded by
Joseph Alioto
Succeeded by
Kenneth A. Gibson
Member of the New Orleans City Council from the at-large district
In office 1966–1970
Preceded by
Joseph V. DiRosa
Succeeded by
James A. Moreau[1]
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 12th district
In office 1960–1966
Preceded by
J. Marshall Brown
Succeeded by
Eddie L. Sapir
Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In office 1992–2000
Succeeded by
Max N. Tobias, Jr.
Constituency
1st district, division D[2]
Personal details
Born
Maurice Edwin Landrieu
(1930-07-23)July 23, 1930 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Died
September 5, 2022(2022-09-05) (aged 92) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Verna Satterlee
(m. 1954)
Children
9, including Mary and Mitch
Education
Loyola University New Orleans (BA, JD)
Military service
Branch/service
United States Army
Years of service
1954–1957
Moon Edwin Landrieu (born Maurice Edwin Landrieu; July 23, 1930 – September 5, 2022) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 56th mayor of New Orleans from 1970 to 1978. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented New Orleans' Twelfth Ward in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1960 to 1966, served on the New Orleans City Council as a member at-large from 1966 to 1970, and was the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under U.S. president Jimmy Carter from 1979 to 1981.
^"New Orleans City Council members since 1954". New Orleans Public Library. May 16, 2014. Archived from the original on March 6, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
^"March 1992 official election results, Orleans Parish". Secretary of State of Louisiana. March 10, 1992. Archived from the original on September 6, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
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