Dan Gelber

Dan Gelber
38th Mayor of Miami Beach
In office
November 13, 2017 – November 28, 2023
Preceded byPhilip Levine
Succeeded bySteven Meiner
Member of the Florida Senate
from the 35th district
In office
November 4, 2008 – November 2, 2010
Preceded byGwen Margolis
Succeeded byGwen Margolis
Minority Leader of the Florida House of Representatives
In office
November 2006 – November 18, 2008
Preceded byChris Smith
Succeeded byFranklin Sands
Member of the Florida House of Representatives
from the 106th district
In office
November 7, 2000 – November 4, 2008
Preceded byElaine Bloom
Succeeded byRichard Steinberg
Personal details
Born
Daniel Saul Gelber

(1960-11-26) November 26, 1960 (age 63)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJoan Silverstein
Children3
Residence(s)Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
EducationTufts University (BA)
University of Florida (JD)
WebsiteOfficial website

Daniel Saul Gelber (born November 26, 1960) is an American politician and former prosecutor. He served in the Florida Legislature from 2000 to 2010 and was the Democratic nominee for Attorney General of Florida in 2010. From 2017 to 2023, he served as mayor of Miami Beach, Florida.

Gelber represented the 106th district in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008, also serving as House Minority Leader in his last term. He then served in the Florida Senate, representing the 35th district from 2008 to 2010. He ran for Attorney General of Florida in 2010, losing the general election to Republican Pam Bondi. In 2012, he co-founded the law firm of Gelber Schachter & Greenberg, P.A. along with Adam Schachter and Gerald Greenberg. The firm handles complex civil litigation and white-collar criminal defense cases in Florida and across the country.

Gelber was reelected mayor, without opposition, on September 6, 2019, after no other candidate qualified to challenge him by the filing deadline.[1][2] His third term began in November 2021 and ended in 2023.

  1. ^ Derby, Kevin (September 10, 2019). "Reelection Assured, Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber Staying on the Political Stage |". Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  2. ^ Reporter, Contributing (September 9, 2019). "Miami Beach Mayor Gelber Unopposed, and Reelected on September 6th". Miami Beach Times. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2019.