Moon Landrieu

Moon Landrieu
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.

He was the last White mayor of New Orleans until 2010, when his son Mitch was elected mayor.