José Aponte

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José Aponte, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
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José Aponte, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico

José Francisco Aponte Hernández (born January 19, 1958) is an accountant and the President of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico. He was born in San Juan and obtained a bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras in 1980.

Aponte is married to Aida I. Rodríguez Roig, and has two sons and one daughter. He currently resides in San Lorenzo. He was the New Progresive Party (PNP) General Secretaty during the Rossello admnistration. One of his older brothers is a State judge, while the other is the Director of the General Accounting Office.