Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, center, inside the Louisiana Now Pavilion which is set up to highlight the Louisiana economy during Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on Thursday, February 6, 2025. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, center, inside the Louisiana Now Pavilion which is set up to highlight the Louisiana economy during Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on Thursday, February 6, 2025. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has signed an executive order directing state agencies, boards and officers to change “Gulf of Mexico” references to “Gulf of America” on all published materials moving forward.
References must also be changed to “Gulf of America” in the Louisiana Administrative Code, a publication that serves as the official log of the policies of various state agencies, no later than May 20, according to the executive order.
The order also serves as a formal request to the Louisiana Law Institute to “study updating all statutory references to the ‘Gulf of Mexico’ to the ‘Gulf of America’ to reflect the official and standard geographic name.”
Landry signed the directive Thursday at a networking luncheon hosted by the Houma-Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Mary, Thibodaux Chambers of Commerce, among others.
In a recording posted on social media, he said he was signing the order “in honor of President Trump, who is absolutely putting America first.”
Landry’s order follows and also makes reference to an executive order signed by President Donald Trump his first day in office titled “Restoring Names that Honor American Greatness” that in part orders the U.S. secretary of the interior to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
Google Maps now reflects the change.
The Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted last week to align the state’s fourth and fifth-grade social studies standards with Trump’s order.
Email Alyse Pfeil at alyse.pfeil@theadvocate.com.
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