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Lucie Tondreau

Lucie Tondreau

American politician and activist


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

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Biography

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.


References

  1. "Ex-North Miami mayor gets 65 months for role in fraud scheme". Miami Herald. March 24, 2015.
  2. "I love Lucie for Mayor". Forum Haiti : Des Idées et des Débats sur l'Avenir d'Haiti. February 3, 2007.

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