residence succeeded birth_place party office preceded parents birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name occupation
lafayette parish , louisiana amos cormier , jr. . louisiana , usa republican president of plaquemines parish , louisiana benny rousselle william `` billy '' nungesser -lrb- 1924-2006 -rrb- 10 january 1959 january 2 , 2007 cher taffarro nungesser billy nungesser
 january 2015 william harold `` billy '' nungesser businessman
billy nungesser

william harold nungesser , usually known as billy nungesser -lrb- born january 10 , 1959 -rrb- , is the former president of plaquemines parish in suburban new orleans , louisiana .
a republican , nungesser was re-elected to a second four-year term in the 2010 general election , having defeated two opponents with more than 71 percent of the vote .
his second term began on january 1 , 2011 .
nungesser made countless media appearances in the wake of the deepwater horizon oil spill , including almost nightly guest appearances on the cable news network alongside journalist anderson cooper .
nungesser was recognized as the face of the oil spill by major media outlets such as the `` new orleans times-picayune '' , new york times , associated press , cnn , reuters , and abc news .
plaquemines parish consists of the final stretch of the mississippi river before it flows into the gulf of mexico .
hurricane katrina first made landfall in the southern end of plaquemines parish in the town of empire , louisiana .
since vacating the parish presidency , nungesser has relocated to river ranch in lafayette parish .
he has announced his second bid for the office of lieutenant governor .
he lost the race in 2011 to incumbent jay dardenne , who is running in 2015 for governor of louisiana .
