Mitch Landrieu

Mitch Landrieu interests me as a politician who chose the harder, principled path. Born into a New Orleans political dynasty, he could have coasted, but as mayor from 2010 to 2018 he led the city through real challenges and delivered a speech on removing Confederate monuments that I still consider one of the more courageous in recent American civic life, recognized with a Profile in Courage Award. What I admire is the blend of lawyerly discipline and moral clarity. He strikes me as someone more interested in doing the right thing than the easy thing, which is rarer than it should be.

Name (English)

Mitch Landrieu

Name (Japanese)

ミッチ・ランドリュー

Reading

みっち・らんどりゅー

Born

August 16, 1960 (age 66)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rat

Origin

Broadmoor, Louisiana, United States

Occupation

lawyer / politician / mayor

High school

Jesuit High School

University

The Catholic University of America

Awards & achievements

• 2018 Profile in Courage Award

• Official sitehttp://www.mitchlandrieu.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/MitchLandrieu
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch%20Landrieu
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3317069

Tags

• Louisiana
• lawyer
• politician
• mayor

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.