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Josaphat J. Celestin, also known as Joe Celestin, is an American politician who served as the mayor of North Miami, Florida from 2001 to 2005. A Republican, he was the first Haitian-American of a sizable city in the United States. [1] Celestin was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti to a physician and emigrated to the United States in 1979. [1] [2]
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 ]
Eddy Delaleu, president, founder, and chief executive officer of the NGO Operation Hope for Children of Haiti since its inception in 1994. [24] Lavarice Gaudin, an Aristide ally and Miami activist and radio commentator. [25] Wilson Jeudi, mayor of Delmas who organized a sister-city relationship with North Miami. [26]
North Miami Beach voters will decide on three races for at-large commissioners who will represent a city that’s seen infighting among the city commission in the past year.
The city must hold a special election to fill the Joseph vacancy. ... Haitian politicians from the neighboring city of North Miami showed up at the hearing in support of Joseph, who is of Haitian ...
The election to replace Miami-Dade County’s only Haitian-American commissioner has come down to a pair of veteran Haitian-American leaders in District 2: one a two-term mayor, the other a ...
He is the first Haitian-American to serve as a Miami-Dade County commissioner, as well as the first to chair the commission. [1] [2] Monestime represents District 2 in northeast Miami-Dade County, which incorporates portions of North Miami, North Miami Beach and Biscayne Gardens, as well as the Miami neighborhoods of Little Haiti and Liberty ...
The number of Haitian-American candidates running for the Miami-Dade County Commission seat for District 2 is raising some concerns in the community about a split vote during the August election.