(born 1949), U.S. public official. Born on May 21, 1949, in Las Villas, Cuba, Xavier Suarez moved to Miami to begin a law practice after graduating from Harvard University Law School in 1975. In 1985 he was elected the first Cuban American mayor of Miami, and four years later he was elected to a second term. In 1990 he was named by United States President George Bush to serve on the board of Legal Services Corporation, a federal agency set up to provide legal services for the poor.