Lizette Parker

Lizette Parker
Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey
In office
July 1, 2014 – April 24, 2016
Preceded byMohammed Hameeduddin
Succeeded byElie Katz (acting)
Personal details
Born(1971-08-31)August 31, 1971
Harlem, New York City
DiedApril 24, 2016(2016-04-24) (aged 44)
Teaneck, New Jersey
SpouseTony Parker

Lizette Parker (August 31, 1971 – April 24, 2016) was an American politician and social worker. She served as the Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey, from 2014 until her death in April 2016. Parker was the first black woman to serve as Mayor of Teaneck, as well as the first black woman to serve as the mayor of any municipality in Bergen County, the state's most populous county. Coincidentally, she succeeded former Mayor Mohammed Hameeduddin, who became the first Muslim to become the Mayor of a Bergen County community in 2010.

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