Editing Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana (section)

===President of Tangipahoa Parish===
In 1986, the former governing body of Tangipahoa Parish, the Tangipahoa Police Jury, and the voters of the Parish approved a "home rule charter" style of government. The charter provided for the election of a parish president, essentially a parish-wide mayor. Democrat Gordon A. Burgess was elected to an initial one-year term and re-elected the following year for a four-year term. Burgess was repeatedly re-elected as parish president until he retired in 2015.

In 2016, Republican businessman Robert "Robby" Miller succeeded Burgess. In April 2016, the Parish hired its first chief administrative officer, Shelby "Joe" Thomas, Jr. to handle operating functions.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.actionnews17.com/news/thomas-named-tangipahoa-parish-governments-first-cao-1555729|title=Thomas named Tangipahoa Parish Government's first CAO|work=ActionNews17|access-date=March 8, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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!|President !! Terms of Office !! Party
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| Gordon Burgess || October 27, 1986 – January 11, 2016 || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Louisiana Democratic Party|Democratic]]
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| Robby Miller || January 11, 2016 – incumbent || {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party of Louisiana|Republican]]
|}

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