Ramón Luis Rivera Jr.
| Ramón Luis Rivera, Jr. | |
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Ramón Luis Rivera (right) with Pedro Pierluisi (left) | |
| Mayor of Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
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Assumed office January 1, 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Ramón Luis Rivera |
| Member of the Senate of Puerto Rico for Bayamón district | |
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In office 1993-2000 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
| Political party | New Progressive Party (PNP) |
| Profession | Realtor |
| Religion | Catholic |
Ramón Luis Rivera, Jr. is a Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the New Progressive Party.[1]
He is the current Mayor of Bayamón,[1] and succeeded his father, Ramon Luis Rivera, when the latter decided to retire after 23 years.
In 2000, Rivera Jr.'s father, Ramon Luis Rivera, announced that he would not run for mayor again after having been in office since 1977. Rivera, Jr. announced his candidacy for the mayor's office and was elected as mayor in November 2000. He has been re-elected three more times.
Before being a mayor, Rivera served as a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico for the District of Bayamón from 1993 to 2000.
Early Life
Ramón Luis Rivera Jr. was born on February 3, 1956. He is the first born of 5 siblings, son to Ramón Luis Rivera and Angélica Cruz. Luis Rivera Jr. attended Colegio Santo Domingo and Escuela Papa Juan XXIII for elementary and secondary school, respectively. Later he continued higher studies in Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Bayamón de la Universidad de Puerto Rico and American University of Puerto Rico, where he gained a Bachelor of Business Administration. In 1994 Luis River Jr. married Narel Waleska Colón and had two sons: Ramon Luis III and Andrés Efraín.[2]
References
- 1 2 "El Pokemón del PNP". El Nuevo Dia. 23 January 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- ↑ "Biografía" (PDF). camarapr. Retrieved 5 January 2016.