What is Maurice Ferré?
{{Infobox Politician | name = Maurice Ferré | image = Maurice Ferre 2009.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|1935|06|23}} | birth_place = [[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]], [[Puerto Rico]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|9|19|1935|6|23}} | death_place = [[Miami, Florida]], [[United States|U.S.]] | order = 32nd and 34th | office = Mayor of Miami | term_start = November 8, 1973 | term_end = November 14, 1985 | preceded = [[David T. Kennedy]] | succeeded = [[Xavier Suárez]] | term_start2 = April 19, 1973 | term_end2 = August 17, 1973 | preceded2 = David T. Kennedy | succeeded2 = David T. Kennedy | office3 = Member of the [[Florida House of Representatives]] from the 91st District | term_start3 = March 1967 | term_end3 = March 1968 | preceded3 = [[Dick Renick]] | succeeded3 = Dick Renick | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] | religion = | spouse = Mercedes Ferré | occupation= | alma_mater=[[University of Miami]] | residence=Miami, Florida | website= [https://web.archive.org/web/20091112051546/http://www.ferre2010.com/ ferre2010.com] }} '''Maurice A. Ferré''' (June 23, 1935 &ndash; September 19, 2019) was an American politician. He was a six-term [[Mayor of Miami]], from 1973 through 1985. Ferré was the first [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]]-born United States mayor and the first Hispanic Mayor of Miami.<ref>[http://archive.nacla.org/Summaries/V6I6P2-1.htm The Ferre Family: Puerto Rican by Birth, Yanqui in Spirit] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20060225034347/http://archive.nacla.org/Summaries/V6I6P2-1.htm |date=February 25, 2006 }}</ref> He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2010 elections for the [[U.S. Senate]] seat for Florida vacated by [[Mel Martínez]] for the Democratic primary. Ferré died on September 19, 2019 at a [[Miami]] hospital from [[spinal cancer]] at the age of 84.<ref>[https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article235184477.html Former mayor Maurice Ferré, considered the father of modern-day Miami, is dead]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{