Q:Facts: - residence: miami - order: 37th - successor: joe carollo - predecessor: stephen p. clark - office: mayor of miami - term end: july 24 , 1996 - term start: june 4 , 1996 - name: willy gort - birth place: havana , cuba Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of willy gort .
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willy gort -lrb- born wilfredo gort de los llanos on november 9 , 1940 in havana , cuba -rrb- is a cuban-american politician .gort was a former city of miami commissioner -lrb- 1993 -- 2001 -rrb- , and in 1996 its mayor -lrb- acting -rrb- .in 2010 , he was elected again as a city of miami commissioner .gort was the son of photographer , alfredo '' willy '' gort -lrb- 1909 -- 2003 -rrb- and miami cuban civic leader , esther de los llanos de gort -lrb- 1915 -- 1984 -rrb- .he and his parents fled cuba in 1952 after fulgencio batista overthrew the government and moved to miami .in 1959 , after fidel castro came to power , he returned to cuba for 3 days and again went into exile .in 1993 , gort ran against joe carollo , a former city of miami commissioner and won the election .in 1996 , gort who was vice-mayor at the time became acting mayor at the death of stephen p. clark .in 2001 , gort resigned his commission seat to run for mayor of miami , but did not make the runoff election that eventually elected manny diaz , mayor of miami .