Carmen Berríos

Carmen Luz Berríos
Member of the Puerto Rico Senate from the Ponce district
In office 1997–2001
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Political party	New Progressive Party (PNP)
Profession	Politician, Senator

Carmen Luz "Carmín" Berríos Rivera is a Puerto Rican educator and politican. She was a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1997 to 2001. She is currently the President of the General Council for Education, the official authorized accrediting agency of the Government of Puerto Rico.^[1]^[2]

Berríos presented her candidacy to the Senate of Puerto Rico in 1996, to represent the District of Guayama. At the 1996 general elections, she won with 24.4% of the votes.^[3] In 2000, Berríos ran again for Senate, but lost to the candidates of the PPD.^[4]

References

^ Written by Raul Colón. Private schools need to catch up on accreditation (September 27, 2010) Published by the Puerto Rico Daily Sun.
^ Consejo General de Educación on CGE.Gobierno.PR
^ Elecciones Generales de 1996: Senador de Distrito - Guayama on CEEPUR
^ Elecciones Generales de 2000: Senador de Distrito - Guayama on CEEPUR

Persondata
Name	Berrios, Carmen
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Short description	American politician
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