Dean Trantalis

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dean Trantalis
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Oct 14, 1953(1953-10-14)
Age	71
Birthplace	Norwich
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Libra

Dean Trantalis Biography

Dean Trantalis is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on October 14, 1953 in Norwich, United Kingdom. Dean J. Trantalis (born on October 14th 1953) is an American politician and the mayor in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Prior to his election as Fort Lauderdale’s the mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Trantalis served as a city commissioner for Fort Lauderdale from 2009 to 2017.

The City of Fort Lauderdale made international headlines when its commission voted to ban feeding homeless. Trantalis opposed the ordinance, which caused an enormous rift between him as well as the Commission. There was a worldwide outrage after a man aged 93, Arnold Abbot, was arrested for feeding homeless. The City of Fort Lauderdale passed a second restriction on food in 2017 in spite of public protests. In 2016 in 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice declared that it would investigate Broward County and the City of Fort Lauderdale, in response to the ordinances for sharing food with homeless. Trantalis has stated that, as mayor, he will not enforce the law.

Trantalis was an early anti-overdevelopment advocate in the city of coastal sands. In the commission, Trantalis opposed several of the proposed development plans. In 2017, he opposed his controversy-ridden Bahia Mar development plan.

Dean Trantalis Net Worth

Dean Trantalis is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dean Trantalis 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Trantalis has been elected to his position on the Fort Lauderdale City Commission in 2003 and served until the year 2006. The city’s first commissioner who was openly gay.

Trantalis is elected his position on the Fort Lauderdale City Commission in the 2013 special election and defeated the incumbent Charlotte Rodstrom, who instead was a candidate to run for County Commission. Trantalis won the general election with little opposition.

The 2018 race for mayor of Fort Lauderdale was said to be the city’s most heated election. Trantalis announced his intent to run for mayor late in October 2017. The election became about pressing issues such as development, infrastructure, traffic, and special interests. “Our infrastructure needs have reached a crisis level, and now we are discovering that mismanagement of city funds only made the situation worse”, said Trantalis in a Sun Sentinel questionnaire. On January 12, 2018, Trantalis campaign staffer Elijah Manley was arrested by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department. Manley was accused of tampering with campaign signs. On This Week in South Florida, Trantalis defended Manley, saying that it could have been because of a mistaken identity. Manley accused the Fort Lauderdale Police Department of a “politically motivated” arrest and bias for their former boss, Bruce Roberts, who was running against Trantalis. Trantalis and Roberts exceed to a March 2018 runoff. Trantalis handily defeated Bruce Roberts, with a 64% landslide in the March 13th, 2018 General Election runoff. Trantalis is the first openly gay person to be elected Mayor of Fort Lauderdale.

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Dean Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Dean Trantalis celebrates birthday on October 14 of every year.