Joe Carollo

Joe Carollo
38th and 40th Mayor of Miami
In office March 12, 1998 – November 11, 2001
Preceded by	Xavier Suarez
Succeeded by	Manny Diaz
In office July 24, 1996 – November 14, 1997
Preceded by	Willy Gort
Succeeded by	Xavier Suarez
Personal details
Born	March 11, 1955 Caibarién, Cuba
Political party	Republican

Joe Carollo (born March 12, 1955), is a former mayor of Miami, Florida. Defeated in a run-off by former mayor Xavier Suarez, his campaign filed a successful legal change based on voter fraud, becoming mayor in 1998 until 2001. Born in Caibarién, Cuba in 1955, Carollo moved to Miami when he was fifteen years old, having previously lived in Chicago. Carollo was mayor of Miami during the Elián González scandal. As mayor, Carollo supported the efforts of Elian's Miami family to keep the boy in the United States, and criticized the U.S. and Cuban governments for the raid to retrieve Elián. Carollo lost his bid for re-election in 2001, and former mayor Maurice Ferre ran and lost against Manny Diaz, a lawyer who had represented the Miami family of Elián González.

References

Further reading

• "Miami Mayor Carollo Fails to Make Runoff". St. Petersburg Times. July 11, 2001.
• Carl Hiaasen (July 28, 1996). "Older, yet not wiser, Miami deserves Carollo as mayor". Miami Herald.