Editing Miramar, Florida (section)

===Municipal government===
On June 20, 1955, the city's inaugural mayor and city council were sworn in, all having been appointed by the governor of Florida.<ref name=cityhistory1>{{cite web |title=MIRAMAR'S HISTORY |url=https://www.miramarfl.gov/257/Miramars-History |publisher=Miramar, Florida |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref> They all served until the city's first municipal elections were held in 1959.<ref name=cityhistory1/>

The city's current mayor is [[Wayne Messam]].

Miramar currently operates under a [[commission–city manager government]].<ref name=governmentstructure>{{cite web |title=GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE |url=https://www.miramarfl.gov/254/Government-Structure |publisher=Miramar, Florida |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>

Up until March 13, 1991, the city had operated under [[Mayor–council government#Strong-mayor form|the "strong mayor" form of the mayor–city commission form of government.]]<ref name=governmentstructure/> In 1989, by unanimous accord of the mayor and the Miramar City Commission, work was laid to study changing to a commission–manager form of government.<ref name=governmentstructure/> On March 14, 1990, Miramar voters approved a [[referendum]] to change to this form of government.<ref name=governmentstructure/>

====List of mayors====

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+ class="nowrap" | List of mayors of Miramar, Florida<ref name=cityhistory1/>
|-
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Period served
|-
| scope="row" | Robert Gordon || June 1955 – January 1959
|-
| scope="row" | Charles Knapp || January–February 1959
|-
| scope="row" | Samuel Winfield || April 1959 – January 1960
|-
| scope="row" | Richard Calhoun || January 1960 – March 1975
|-
| scope="row" | Harry Rosen || March 1975 – March 1979
|-
| scope="row" | Joe Veins || March 1979 – March 1983
|-
| scope="row" | Frank Branca || March 1983 – April 1989
|-
| scope="row" | Vicki Coceano || June 1989 – March 1999
|-
| scope="row" | Lori Cohen Moseley || March 1999 – March 2015
|-
| scope="row" | [[Wayne Messam]] || March 2015 – Present

|}