| Jorge Colberg Toro | |
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| At-Large Member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office February 26, 2003 |
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| Born | October 7, 1965 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Political party | Popular Democratic Party (PPD) |
| Children | Jorge Ernesto Daniel Felipe |
| Alma mater | University of Puerto Rico |
Jorge Colberg Toro (born October 7, 1965) is a Puerto Rican politician. He is currently a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives since 2005.
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Jorge Colberg Toro was born on October 7, 1965 in Río Piedras. His parents are Severo Colberg Ramírez, a former President of the House of Representatives, and Eva Toro Franquiz, a college professor and former Student Dean at the University of Puerto Rico.
Colberg Toro completed his elementary and high school at the University of Puerto Rico, where he also obtained his Bachelor's degree in Political Science. He also participated in a summer program on Political Science for public officials at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
From 1989 to 1996, Colberg Toro served as Special Aide, Director of Programming and Press Secretary of then-Mayor of San Juan, Héctor Luis Acevedo. Because of his work, he received the Felisa Rincón de Gautier Award for distinguished public servant in 1995. The next year, he was appointed as Press Secretary for the Popular Democratic Party. He also worked as adviser in communications from 1997 to 2001.
In 2001, Colberg was appointed Director oft he Public Integrity Commission of the Senate of Puerto Rico, and Director of the Joint Commission on the Comptroller's Special Reports. That summer, Colberg also served as Public Affairs Adviser for Governor Sila M. Calderón. In November 2001, Calderón also appointed Colberg as Secretary General of the PPD. She also named him as Secretary of Public Affairs for the Government in 2002.
In January 2003, Colberg was called to fill a vacancy at the Puerto Rico House of Representatives. He was sworn in February 26, 2003. During that term, he presided the Commission of Public Integrity, among others.
In 2003, Colberg Toro officially ran for Representative at the PPD primaries, and was the second candidate with most votes.[1] He was elected in 2004 as a Representative At-large, and was reelected again in 2008.[2][3]
Colberg has two sons: Jorge Ernesto and Daniel Felipe.