Joey Durel | |
Office: | Mayor of Lafayette, Louisiana |
Term Start: | 15 July 2004 |
Term End: | 18 July 2016 |
Predecessor: | Walter Comeaux |
Successor: | Joel Robideaux |
Birthname: | Lester Joseph Durel Jr. |
Birth Date: | 3 April 1953 |
Birth Place: | Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S. |
Spouse: | Lynne Miller Durel (m. 1973) |
Children: | Nicole D. Hebert (born 1975) Jason Durel (born 1977) Natalie D. Broussard (born 1982) |
Profession: | Business executive |
Party: | Republican |
Lester Joseph Durel Jr. (born April 3, 1953), known as Joey Durel, is the former mayor of Lafayette, Louisiana. Elected in 2003, he became the second Republican mayor of his city and the second person elected as "City-Parish president" of the combined City of Lafayette and Lafayette Parish government.