Xavier Louis Suarez (born May 21, 1949) is an American politician who was the first Cuban-born mayor of Miami[1] and was a Miami-Dade county commissioner.

[2] Suarez moved to Florida and attended the Colegio de Belén, but graduated from St. Anselm's Abbey School in 1967.

[6][7] After completing his education, Suarez returned to Miami and was sworn in as mayor on November 13, 1985, succeeding Maurice Ferré.

[9] While Suarez was not personally implicated, the prosecuting circuit court judge cited the district as ''the center of a massive, well-conceived and well-orchestrated absentee ballot voter fraud scheme.''

During his time as mayor, Suarez also received backlash for refusing to greet South African President Nelson Mandela during his 1990 tour of the United States which included a stop in Miami.

He is married to Rita and they have four children: Francis Xavier Suarez, who became Mayor of Miami as a Republican in 2017 as well as a candidate for President in the 2024 Election; Olga Marie Vieira; Anna Teresita; and Carolina Suárez.