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Overview
Current roleFormer Commissioner
PartyIndependent
Political ideologyCentrist Independent
Age77 years old (May 21, 1949)
GenderMale
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LocationFlorida
BackgroundPolitician
EducationVillanova University (Mechanical Engineering)
Notable personal detailsXavier Louis Suarez is an American politician and attorney who served two terms as Mayor of Miami (1985–1993 and 1997–1998) and later served on the Miami-Dade County Commission (2011–2020). He was the first Cuban-born mayor of Miami. He ran in the City of Miami’s 2025 mayoral election and was eliminated after the first round.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Xavier Suárez advocates reducing property taxes for homeowners (including proposals to freeze or roll back property taxes for lower-valued homes) and supports tax relief and regulatory reductions aimed at easing burdens on businesses and homeowners. His campaign materials and candidate questionnaires emphasize property-tax relief as a central economic priority.
Healthcare
Xavier L. Suarez has supported protecting public healthcare funding and employee health benefits at the county level and opposed state cuts that would reduce hospital funding, indicating support for government-managed healthcare resources and safety-net funding rather than privatization or wholesale rollback of public programs.
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Immigration & Border
The candidate supports pro-immigration positions and has said he does not want local police acting as federal immigration agents. He has described himself as pro-immigration while focusing on keeping municipal law enforcement separate from federal immigration enforcement.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Xavier Suarez publicly identified as pro‑life while serving as Miami mayor and issued a city proclamation designating January 22 as “Sanctity of Human Life Day,” a statement opposing abortion. The proclamation and related coverage reflect an anti‑abortion stance without evidence of support for a total ban or specific gestational‑limit policy in the available sources.
Climate & Energy
Supports climate adaptation and resilience measures for Miami, including investments in stormwater/sewer infrastructure and coastal defenses, and favors expanding free mass transit. Emphasizes pragmatic local solutions to sea-level rise rather than opposing climate action. No explicit advocacy for phasing out fossil fuels or for national-level measures (e.g., Green New Deal) was found in the cited materials.
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