Thomas Lester Hazouri Sr. (October 11, 1944 – September 11, 2021) was an American politician of the Democratic Party.
He attended Andrew Jackson High School and graduated from Jacksonville University in 1966.
He was appointed by Governor Lawton Chiles to the Florida Ethics Commission and led the Sheriff's Task Force on Mental Health.
He defeated fellow former State Representative John Lewis in a bitter Democratic primary election, and then easily beat Republican Henry Cook to win the general election and become Jacksonville's 3rd mayor after consolidation.
During his tenure as Mayor of Jacksonville, Hazouri welcomed the city's first contingent of visiting Canadian media personalities in September 1987, including Vic Phillips of Global Television Network and Chantale Roy of the French language TVA Network, both of whom broadcast live from Jacksonville.
[3] In addition to his work on the school board, he was president of Hazouri and Associates, a private consulting firm.
His son Thomas Hazouri Jr. a former teacher at Mayport Elementary School, is serving a seven year federal sentence after pleading guilty to distributing child sexual abuse videos.