Moon Landrieu

Moon Landrieu
7th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
In office
September 24, 1979 – January 20, 1981
PresidentJimmy Carter
Preceded byPatricia Roberts Harris
Succeeded bySamuel Pierce
56th Mayor of New Orleans
In office
May 4, 1970 – May 1, 1978
Preceded byVictor H. Schiro
Succeeded byErnest Nathan Morial
33rd President of the United States Conference of Mayors
In office
1975–1976
Preceded byJoseph Alioto
Succeeded byKenneth A. Gibson
Member of the New Orleans City Council
from the at-large district
In office
1966–1970
Preceded byJoseph V. DiRosa
Succeeded byJames A. Moreau[1]
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
from the 12th district
In office
1960–1966
Preceded byJ. Marshall Brown
Succeeded byEddie L. Sapir
Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In office
1992–2000
Succeeded byMax N. Tobias, Jr.
Constituency1st district, division D[2]
Personal details
Born
Maurice Edwin Landrieu

(1930-07-23)July 23, 1930
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
DiedSeptember 5, 2022(2022-09-05) (aged 92)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Verna Satterlee
(m. 1954)
Children9, including Mary and Mitch
EducationLoyola University New Orleans (BA, JD)
Military service
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1954–1957

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.

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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.