Maurice Ferré

Maurice A. Ferré (June 23, 1935 – 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-born United States mayor and the first Hispanic Mayor of Miami.
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.