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Joey Durel
Mayor of Lafayette, Louisiana
In office
15 July 2004 – 18 July 2016
Preceded byWalter Comeaux
Succeeded byJoel Robideaux
Personal details
Born
Lester Joseph Durel Jr.

(1953-04-03) April 3, 1953 (age 71)
Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseLynne Miller Durel (m. 1973)
ChildrenNicole D. Hebert (born 1975)
Jason Durel (born 1977)
Natalie D. Broussard (born 1982)
ProfessionBusiness executive

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.

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Preceded byWalter Comeaux Mayor-President of the Lafayette, Louisiana, City/Parish Consolidated Government Lester Joseph "Joey" Durel, Jr. 2004–2016 Succeeded byJoel Robideaux