| Carlos Mayans | |
| State House: | Kansas |
| District: | 100th |
| Term Start: | January 11, 1993 |
| Term End: | January 13, 2003 |
| Predecessor: | Jack Sluiter |
| Office2: | Mayor of Wichita, Kansas |
| Term Start2: | 2003 |
| Term End2: | 2007 |
| Predecessor2: | Robert G. Knight |
| Successor2: | Carl Brewer |
| Birth Date: | 8 July 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Havana, Cuba |
| Party: | Republican |
| Spouse: | Linda |
Carlos Mayans (born July 8, 1948) is a Cuba-born American politician. A member of the Republican party, he was elected mayor of the city of Wichita, Kansas in April 2003.[1]
He was born in Havana, Cuba on Juy 8, 1948. He emigrated to the United States through the Operation Peter Pan shortly after the Cuban Revolution of 1959.[2]
In addition to serving as mayor, Mayans also served as a Republican representative for Wichita's 100th district in the Kansas House of Representatives for five terms and ran an insurance agency before becoming mayor.[3] He lost a re-election bid for mayor to Carl Brewer by 61% to 37% in 2007.[4] In the 2008 Republican presidential primary, he supported Mitt Romney's campaign.[5]