Xavier L. Suarez is both an academic and a politician. He was born in Cuba and came to the United States as a refugee from Castro-communism.
Here in the states, he obtained schola...visualizza altroXavier L. Suarez is both an academic and a politician. He was born in Cuba and came to the United States as a refugee from Castro-communism.
Here in the states, he obtained scholarships from high school at the famed St. Anselm’s in Washington, D.C. and subsequently at Villanova University, where he was the only summa cum laude graduate in the entire school of engineering.
He then obtained joint degrees in law and public policy from Harvard.
In 1985, Suarez was elected Mayor of Miami; he was reelected twice.
In 2011, Suarez was elected Miami-Dade County Commissioner, where he served for two-plus terms, until termed out in 2020.
He has written books on topics ranging from politics to anthropology and economics.
He is married to Rita Elena and live, along with my son Francis (currently serving as Mayor of Miami) and daughters Olga, Annie and Carolina, plus 11 grandkids, in the Miami area.visualizza meno