Buddy Dyer
Buddy Dyer | |
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Official portrait, 2018 | |
| 32nd Mayor of Orlando | |
| Assumed office March 1, 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Glenda Hood |
| Minority Leader of the Florida Senate | |
| In office November 17, 1998 – November 21, 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Ken Jenne |
| Succeeded by | Tom Rossin |
| Member of the Florida Senate from the 14th district | |
| In office November 17, 1992 – November 19, 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Rich Crotty |
| Succeeded by | Rod Smith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Hugh Dyer August 7, 1958 Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouses | Karen Caudill
(m. 1989; div. 2017)Susie Pinson Galloway Shields
(m. 2021) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Brown University (BA) University of Florida (JD) |
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John Hugh "Buddy" Dyer (born August 7, 1958) is an American politician who has served as the Mayor of Orlando since 2003. A member of the Florida Democratic Party, he is Orlando's longest-serving mayor. He previously served as a representative for Orlando in the Florida State Senate from 1992 to 2002, with the last two years serving as the Senate Democratic leader.