Suzie Azar

Suzanne Azar (née Schmeck, born 1946)[1] is a politician, aviator and former mayor of El Paso, Texas. Azar was the first woman to serve as mayor in El Paso.[1] Azar lives in Central El Paso.[2] She is also a flight instructor and owner of a fixed-base operator and flight school;[3] and is a member of the women pilots' organization the Ninety-Nines.[1] Azar has been inducted into the El Paso Women's Hall of Fame.[1]

Suzie Azar
43rd Mayor of El Paso
In office
1989–1991
Preceded byJonathan W. Rogers
Succeeded byWilliam S. Tilney

Biography

Azar was born in Bay City, Michigan in 1946 and as a young person was a member of the Civil Air Patrol.[1] She moved to El Paso in 1970 and attended the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP).[1]

Azar was sworn into office as mayor of El Paso in 1989.[4] During her campaign, she was called a "cheerleader" by her opponent, and Azar turned the intended insult to "her advantage, campaigning with pom poms and calling herself an unabashed cheerleader for El Paso".[2] She won the campaign for mayor with a 65% majority vote.[5]

References
  1. Garcia, Vicente; Pinon, Tony; Rasmussen, Aaron; Coons, Heather (2009). "Suzie Azar Still Reaches for the Sky" (PDF). EPCC Borderlands. 27. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  2. "Where are They Now? Former El Paso Mayors Stay Busy and Out of Politics, Mostly". El Paso Inc. 10 January 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  3. "Getting to Know Suzanne Azar". SAFE Pilots. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  4. Crowder, David (13 June 1989). "El Paso 1st Woman Mayor Takes Oath". El Paso Times. Retrieved 9 July 2016 – via Tales From the Morgue.
  5. Weatherford, Doris (2012). Women in American Politics: History and Milestones. Sage. p. 255. ISBN 9781608710072.


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