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🎂 Birthday November 22
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Philippe Derose is an American businessman and former politician who was reportedly the first Haitian American elected into public office in the United States. In 1993, he was elected councilman of the village of El Portal in Miami-Dade County, Florida. In 2000, Derose became the first Haitian American mayor when he was elected mayor of El Portal.
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