Moon Landrieu

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 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
At Large Member of the New Orleans City Council
	In office; 1966–1970
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
	In office; 1960–1966
Preceded by	J. Marshall Brown
Succeeded by	Eddie Sapir
Personal details
Born	Maurice Edwin Landrieu; July 23, 1930; New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Died	September 5, 2022 (aged 92); New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Verna Satterlee Landrieu
Children	9
Alma mater	Loyola University New Orleans
Profession	Attorney; Politician
Military service
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1954-1957

Maurice Edwin Landrieu, known as Moon Landrieu (July 23, 1930 – September 5, 2022) was an American politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He served as Mayor of New Orleans from 1970 to 1978.^[1] His son was Mitch Landrieu, the former Mayor of New Orleans and his daughter was the former United States senator Mary Landrieu.

He also is a former judge. He represented New Orleans' Twelfth Ward in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1960 to 1966. He served on the New Orleans City Council as a member at-large from 1966 to 1970.

Landrieu was the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under U.S. President Jimmy Carter from 1979 to 1981.

Landrieu died on September 5, 2022 at his home in New Orleans at the age of 92.^[2] The cause of death was heart failure after having a heart attack.^[3]^[4]