Ramón Luis Rivera Jr.

Ramón Luis Rivera Jr. is a Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the New Progressive Party. He is the current Mayor of Bayamón, and succeeded his father, Ramon Luis Rivera, when the latter decided to retire after 23 years in office (1977 - 2000).^[1]

Rivera served as a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico for the District of Bayamón from 1993 to 2000. He has been mayor of Bayamón since then.^[2]

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]

Political Career

In 1980, he started his political career as campaign manager for his father, Ramón Luis Rivera, the then-mayor of Bayamon seeking reelection. He was elected as a senator of the Bayamón district in 1992 and was reelected again in 1996.^[3]

During his time in the Senate, he was a chairman of different committees. Between them, Committee of Urbanism and Infrastructure, Committee on Ethics, Committee on Youth and the Committee of Recreation and Sports.

In 2000, he aspired for the mayorship of Bayamon, the position his father had served since 1977. He won the mayorship and has been reelected four more times.

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