Carlos Mayans
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives
from the 100th district
In office
January 11, 1993  January 13, 2003
Preceded byJack Sluiter
Succeeded byMario Goico
Personal details
Born (1948-07-08) July 8, 1948
Havana, Cuba
Political partyRepublican
SpouseLinda

Carlos Mayans (born July 8, 1948) became mayor of the city of Wichita, Kansas in April 2003.[1] He was born in Havana, Cuba in 1948 and emigrated to the United States through the Operation Peter Pan shortly after the Cuban Revolution of 1959.[2] In addition to serving as mayor, Mayans also served as a Republican representative for Wichita's 100th district in the Kansas House of Representatives for five terms[1] and ran an insurance agency before becoming mayor.[3] He lost a re-election bid for mayor to Carl Brewer by 61% to 37% in 2007.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mayans is new Wichita mayor". Associated Press. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  2. "The 42 most influential latino politicians - Hispanic Power". Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  3. Dinell, David (12 July 2005). "Mayor chosen for national board". Wichita Business Journal. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  4. "Brewer easily defeats Mayans for mayor". Wichita Business Journal. 4 April 2007. Retrieved 3 May 2011.


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