Joe Carollo
Joe Carollo | |
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official mayoral portrait photograph | |
| 38th and 40th Mayor of Miami | |
| In office March 12, 1998 – November 11, 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Xavier Suarez |
| Succeeded by | Manny Diaz |
| In office July 24, 1996 – November 14, 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen P. Clark Willy Gort (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Xavier Suarez |
| Member of the Miami City Commission | |
| In office December 2, 2017 – December 10, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Frank Carollo |
| Succeeded by | Ralph Rosado |
| Constituency | 3rd district |
| In office 1995 – July 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Victor De Yurre |
| Succeeded by | Tomás Regalado |
| Constituency | 4th district |
| In office 1979–1987 | |
| Preceded by | Theodore Gibson |
| Succeeded by | Victor de Yurre |
| Constituency | 2nd district |
| Vice Mayor of Miami | |
| In office December 13, 1984–November 25, 1985 | |
| Mayor | Maurice Ferré |
| Preceded by | Demetrio Perez Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Miller Dawkins |
| In office November 12, 1981–November 3, 1982 | |
| Mayor | Maurice Ferré |
| Preceded by | Theodore Gibson |
| Succeeded by | J. L. Plummer |
| City Manager of Doral | |
| In office June 21, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Rojas |
| Succeeded by | Edward Rojas |
| In office January 9, 2013 – April 21, 2014 | |
| Appointed by | Luigi Boria |
| Preceded by | Yvonne Soler-McKinley Merrett R. Stierheim (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Edward Rojas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joseph Xavier Carollo March 12, 1955 |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Karen Chestnut (div.) Mari Ledon (div.) Marjorie |
| Children | 4 |
| Relatives | Frank Carollo (brother) |
| Alma mater | Florida International University |
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Joseph Xavier Carollo (born March 12, 1955) is a Cuban-American politician who served as mayor of Miami from 1996 to 1997 and again from 1998 to 2001. Following his loss in the 2001 mayoral election, he served as Doral, Florida city manager from January 2013 until his firing in April 2014; he was reinstated in June 2017, then immediately resigned. He successfully ran for election to the Miami city commission in 2017. He was a candidate in the 2025 Miami mayoral election.
Carollo's combative and erratic behavior in his political career earned him the name "Crazy Joe" from Miami Herald journalist and author Carl Hiaasen. The Miami New Times similarly called him "Loco Joe."