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The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Partido Nuevo Progresista de Puerto Rico, NPP) is a political party that campaigns for Puerto Rican statehood. It currently controls the Puerto Rican House of Representatives and Senate, Puerto Rico's sole non-voting seat in Congress, as well as 42 of Puerto Rico's 78 mayoral seats, while the governor of Puerto Rico, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, is the leader of the opposition Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico. New Progressive Party may refer to: the New Progressive Party (Portugal) (defunct) the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico Progressive Party, a name of various political parties. ... Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ... Shortcut: WP:NPOVD Articles that have been linked to this page are the subject of an NPOV dispute (NPOV stands for Neutral Point Of View; see below). ... This work is copyrighted. ... â€œPolitical Partiesâ€ redirects here. ... AnÃbal Salvador Acevedo VilÃ¡ (born February 13, 1962) is the eighth and current Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. ... PPD logo and accompanying motto: Bread, Land, Freedom. The Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Partido Popular DemocrÃ¡tico de Puerto Rico, PPD) is a political party that supports the continuation of Puerto Ricos current status as a free associated state of the United States, which is also...

Those who follow the NPP ideology are called penepés or estadistas ("statehooders"). Individuals from the NPP may have alliances with either the national Republican Party or the Democratic Party, unlike the Popular Democratic Party, or PDP, which has strong identification with the Democratic Party. In its beginning, the majority of the NPP leaders were also members of the Republican Party, yet the last two elected NPP governors, Carlos Romero Barceló, and Dr. Pedro J. Rosselló, are registered Democrats. The Resident Commissioner, Hon. Luis G. Fortuño on the other hand, caucuses with the Republicans. House Speaker José Aponte is a Republican while Senate President Kenneth McClintock is Puerto Rico's Democratic National Committeeman. The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States of America, along with the Democratic Party. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas Politics Portal Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... PPD logo and accompanying motto: Bread, Land, Freedom. The Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Partido Popular DemocrÃ¡tico de Puerto Rico, PPD) is a political party that supports the continuation of Puerto Ricos current status as a free associated state of the United States, which is also... Carlos Antonio Romero BarcelÃ³(born September 4, 1932) is a Puerto Rican politician who was the fifth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the second governor to be elected from the New Progressive Party (PNP) and also Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001. ... Order: 6th Democratically Elected Governor Term of Office: January 2, 1993â€“ January 2, 2001 Predecessor: Rafael HernÃ¡ndez ColÃ³n Successor: Sila CalderÃ³n Date of Birth: Monday, April 5, 1944 Place of Birth: San Juan, Puerto Rico First Lady: Maga Nevares Profession: Pedriatician Political Party: New Progressive Party Resident... Luis FortuÃ±o, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Luis G. FortuÃ±o (born October 31, 1960) is a lawyer and politician from Puerto Rico affiliated with the New Progressive Party and the United States Republican Party. ... JosÃ© Aponte, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico JosÃ© Francisco Aponte HernÃ¡ndez (born January 19, 1958) is an accountant and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico. ... Kenneth McClintock, President of the Senate of Puerto Rico. ...

History

Foundation

The party traces its beginnings to a 1967 assembly in a sports complex in Country Club, Carolina. On January 5, 1968, the party was certified as an official political group by the State Elections Commission of Puerto Rico. The party had roots in a prior pro-statehood party led by Miguel A. García Méndez. The party campaigned unsuccessfully in favor of statehood in the Puerto Rico status referendum of 1967. Party founder and former Statehood Republican Party standard-bearer Luis A. Ferré defined the New Progressive Party that would not be aligned to any of the two national parties. Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Gentilic: Carolinenses Location Location of Carolina, Puerto Rico within Puerto Rico Coordinates , , Government Founded Mayor JosÃ© Aponte, Jr. ... is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The State Elections Commission of Puerto Rico â€”Spanish: ComisiÃ³n Estatal de Elecciones de Puerto Rico (CEEPR or CEE-PUR)â€” is the entity that guarantees the right to vote to the citizens of Puerto Rico. ... Lcdo. ... Don Luis Alberto FerrÃ© Aguayo (February 17, 1904 â€“ October 21, 2003) was an engineer, industrialist, politician, philanthropist, and a patron of the arts. ...

1960s

Under Luis A. Ferré, the NPP came to power in November 1968 by defeating Luis Negrón López, the chosen candidate of the PDP. Smaller vote totals were obtained by the Partido del Sol led by Roberto Sánchez Vilella and the candidate from the PIP. The governing party was saddled by the break-away candidacy of then-governor Vilella, who had feuded with the PPD leader, Luis Muñoz Marín. Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Luis NegrÃ³n LÃ³pez (April 19, 1909- 198?) was a politician from Puerto Rico. ... PPD logo and accompanying motto: Bread, Land, Freedom. The Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Partido Popular DemocrÃ¡tico de Puerto Rico, PPD) is a political party that supports the continuation of Puerto Ricos current status as a free associated state of the United States, which is also... Roberto SÃ¡nchez Vilella (February 19, 1913-March 24, 1997) was the second democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. ... The Puerto Rican Independence Party (Spanish: Partido Independentista PuertorriqueÃ±o, PIP) is a Puerto Rican political party that campaigns for the independence of Puerto Rico from the United States. ... For the airport of the same name, see Luis MuÃ±oz MarÃn International Airport. ...

1970s

Four years later, in 1972, Ferré lost to the reunified PDP's candidate Rafael Hernández Colón by the biggest percentual margin since the NPP's creation (7.3%), but in 1976, under the leadership of Carlos Romero Barceló, the NPP returned to power. Romero Barceló would face Hernández Colón three times for the seat of Puerto Rican governor. Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rafael HernÃ¡ndez ColÃ³n (born October 24, 1936 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican politician who was the fourth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for three non-consecutive terms (1973-1977, 1985-1993). ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Governor of Puerto Rico is the Head of Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. ...

1980s

Carlos A. Romero Barceló won the governor's seat in 1980 by a narrow 3,000 vote margin. A prominent event during his term was a controversy wherein two young men, who had gone to Cerro Maravilla, a communications facility for the Island, to intercept the transmission, were shot dead (also see: Alejandro González Malavé) by state police. At first, it was reported that they had been shot because they resisted arrest, but then it became clear that they had been shot execution style while under police custody. The opposition PDP, in control of the legislature, orchestrated televised hearings in which they attempted to prove the whole incident was planned by the administration of Gov. Romero Barceló. Further scandals erupted when it became possible that an undercover police agent that was with the two men had actually engineered the whole episode. This, combined with the fact that the then-mayor of San Juan, Hernán Padilla, left the party to form his own party, Partido Renovación Puertorriqueña (or PRP), allowed Hernández Colón to obtain re-election in 1984. In 1988, the NPP candidate, Baltasar Corrada del Río, the former resident commissioner, ran for governor but lost to Hernández Colón. Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the mountain in Puerto Rico. ... Alejandro GonzÃ¡lez MalavÃ© (approx 1958-1986) was a Puerto Rican undercover agent who gained wide national fame with the Cerro Maravilla ivi and Rosario were unarmed and kneeled down when they were shot by the police. ... A mayor (from the Latin mÄior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... For other uses, see San Juan. ... HernÃ¡n Padilla (born 1938) was the chairman for the US Council for Puerto Rico Statehood (USCPRS) and is a founding member of the Partido RenovaciÃ³n PuertorriqueÃ±o (Puerto Rican Renewal Party). ... The Puerto Rican Renovation Party —or Partido de Renovación Puertorriqueño (PRP) in Spanish— was a short-lived political party in Puerto Rico. ... This article is about the year. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Baltasar Corrada del RÃo (born April 12, 1935) is a former politician from Puerto Rico. ...

1990s

The NPP came back to power in 1992, when Pedro J. Rosselló, a pediatric surgeon, became governor by defeating Luis Muñoz Marín's daughter Victoria Muñoz Mendoza, the PDP candidate, to become governor. Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Order: 6th Democratically Elected Governor Term of Office: January 2, 1993â€“ January 2, 2001 Predecessor: Rafael HernÃ¡ndez ColÃ³n Successor: Sila CalderÃ³n Date of Birth: Monday, April 5, 1944 Place of Birth: San Juan, Puerto Rico First Lady: Maga Nevares Profession: Pedriatician Political Party: New Progressive Party Resident... For the airport of the same name, see Luis MuÃ±oz MarÃn International Airport. ... Victoria Melo MuÃ±oz Mendoza (born 1940) is a former politician from Puerto Rico. ...

While governor, Rosselló launched an anti-crime campaign known as "Mano dura contra el crimen" ("Strong hand against crime") in which the Puerto Rico National Guard was used to assist state police. During Pedro J. Rosselló's term a number of large-scale infrastructure projects were undertaken, including the "Tren Urbano" (Metro Rail System), the "Superaqueduct", and the "Coliseo Puerto Rico" (Puerto Rico Coliseum). His policies also included a push toward privatization of public entities and free health care for the poor.

He led the NPP in two campaigns for Puerto Rican statehood in 1993 and 1998 in which locally-enacted plebiscites were held to consult the Puerto Rican public on the political status with the United States. He supported the proposal for a referendum in Puerto Rico to define the political status of the island. However, the bill died in committee in the Senate of the United States. Nevertheless, Rosselló carried out a non-binding plebiscite in 1998 which gave electors four options and a fifth None of the Above column. The opposing Popular Democratic Party led a campaign to boycott the plebiscite and called the electorate to vote for the None of the Above column. The boycott was successful, as the None of the Above column garnered more votes than all of the other options. Rosselló argued before Congress that statehood had won the plebiscite as he later said that the Fifth column was an invalid vote. Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

In the 1996 elections, the NPP candidate, Rosselló, defeated opponent Héctor Luis Acevedo (PDP), mayor of San Juan at the time, and Representative David Noriega (PIP), for a second term after obtaining more than one million votes and the largest victory margin of any candidate since 1964. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... HÃ©ctor Luis Acevedo (born in 1947) is a politician from RÃo Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ...

In 1998, the sale of the state-owned Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC) to GTE for $1.9 billion led to a general strike organized by labor unions and backed by opposition forces. Rosselló's popularity took a hit along with the NPP's due to the backlash of the many images of protesters.

2000s

Rosselló stepped down as governor after eight years in power in 2000. His period as governor was marked by the Vieques protests and major economic growth due to the coincidence of the emerging Internet. In 2000, Carlos I. Pesquera, Secretary of Transportation under Rosselló, ran for governor. Pre-election polls had him at a considerable advantage over his PDP opponent, Sila María Calderón. As the election grew closer, Calderón closed the gap as Pesquera's image was harmed by a PDP campaign focusing on corruption under Rosselló's tenure. Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... For the board game, see Puerto Rico (board game). ... Carlos Ignacio Pesquera (born in 1955) is a Puerto Rican engineer and politician. ... Sila MarÃa CalderÃ³n Serra (born September 23, 1942) was the seventh Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2005. ...

It also did not help Pesquera that the Acting US District Attorney Guillermo Gil said in June of 2000 (three months before the November 2000 election) "corruption has a name and it is called the New Progressive Party" while announcing a grand jury indictment. The grand jury had accused 18 people - including two mayors from Rosselló's New Progressive Party - of running an extortion scheme that skimmed $800,000 in kickbacks from a $56 million government contract. During a news conference, Gil told journalists that the extorted money had ended up in the coffers of the New Progressive Party. This and other actions by Gil were object of many ethics complaints to the US Department of Justice by NPP leaders.

In this environment, the NPP lost the 2000 election, losing the Governor's seat, the Resident Commissioner, and the state legislature. This was the first election since its creation, that the NPP suffered a vote reduction. Leo Díaz assumed the NPP Presidency, but it was short-lived as Pesquera returned to occupy the position after defeating Díaz.

Turmoil consumed the NPP during the first two years of the 2001-2005 term. The Secretary of Education, under the Rossello's administration, Victor Fajardo, was charged and convicted by federal agencies of appropriating millions of federal funds directed to the Education Department.^[1] The former House Speaker and Republican National Committee Man, Edison Misla Aldarondo was also charged with extortion by the US Attorney's Office, and was forced to resign.^[2] In an ironic turn of events, NPP figures charged with federal corruption crimes were also charged with corruption by the Puerto Rico Justice Department using new anti-corruption state laws that the NPP had enacted. In 2001, Calderon named a Blue Ribbon Committee that was dedicated to investigate government transactions under Rossello's two terms. This committee was used by the PDP to gain political advantage and to destroy its political enemies.

In July 2002, several of the party's leaders were involved in an incident at the Office of Women's Affairs. Pesquera led a phalanx of pro-statehood advocates and the press into the government office whose administrator had refused to display the American Flag alongside the flag of Puerto Rico. A jury acquitted Pesquera and other followers of any wrongdoing. Also see: 2002 (number). ...

In March 2003, Rosselló, who had been living in the state of Virginia, returned to the island, responding to the many calls and visits he received from prominent citizens and politicians. Rosselló subsequently defeated Pesquera in the NPP primary for the gubernatorial nomination. Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The fall 2004 campaign was lively and controversial. Rosselló's prior administration was repeatedly painted as corrupt, while his PDP opponent (Calderón chose not to run for re-election) Anibal Acevedo Vila (PDP) was initially behind in the polls. In his performance in televised debates, Acevedo's campaign gained momentum, aided in part by the favorable press he received from the island media outlets. In pre-election polls, Rosselló led by double digits, but ultimately Rosselló lost by some 3,000 votes (1,200 votes went as write-in for Carlos Pesquera) proving that the PDP's strategy worked once again. Rosselló challenged the electoral results alleging that split ticket votes, which had always been counted before, were now illegal. After a lengthy court battle decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (located in Boston, MA), Acevedo Vila was certified as governor. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An bal Acevedo Vil (born 1962) is the eight and current Democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. ... Dr. Carlos Ignacio Pesquera was the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Public Works of Puerto Rico under Pedro Rossellós second term as Governor (1996-2000). ... The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the following United States District Courts: District of Maine District of Massachusetts District of New Hampshire District of Puerto Rico District of Rhode Island The court is based at the John Joseph... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area - City 232. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ...

As 2005 began, Rosselló became a Senator for the Arecibo district after elected Senator Victor Loubriel resigned from his seat, effectively gaining a seat for which he did not run. Thus started a struggle between Senate President Kenneth McClintock and Rossello for control of the Senate Presidency . The dispute ended in a stalemate as McClintock refused to leave the position, a stance respected by the PDP minority senators and 5 other NPP senators. This led to the expulsion from the party of McClintock as well as two of the NPP senators who backed him, a matter which led McClintock to file suit in San Juan Superior Court. The NPP has been torn by infighting since. On March 7, Rosselló stated that he was no longer interested in the Senate Presidency and is now focusing his attention in preventing Resident Commissioner Luis Fortuño from winning the March 2008 gubernatorial primary, and has allowed his name to be placed in nomination for the party's gubernatorial primary. McClintock and four other senators won in San Juan Superior Court a suit to nullify the sanctions and expulsions that the party leadership has levied against them. The Puerto Rico Supreme Court confirmed the lower court decision by a 5-to-1 vote. As a result, McClintock and his supporters are recognized as NPP members and free to run under the party banner, although the Senate President announced on May 18 that he would not run for office in the 2008 elections. It remains to be seen if the party will be able to move past the discord to mount an effective campaign for 2008. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Arecibo is a municipality in Puerto Rico named after the Taino Cacique Arasibo. ... Kenneth McClintock, President of the Senate of Puerto Rico. ... Luis FortuÃ±o, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Luis G. FortuÃ±o (born October 31, 1960) is a corporate lawyer and politician from Puerto Rico affiliated with the New Progressive Party and the United States Republican Party. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On June 18, Resident Commissioner Luis Fortuño filed his candidacy for Governor, thus assuring a primary for that post on March 9, 2008, scarcely less than 8 months before the 2008 general election.

Party logo

The party is strongly associated with the color blue in Puerto Rico because of its logo. Since the logo features a palm tree, many Puerto Ricans call the NPP "La Palma". Genera Many; see list of Arecaceae genera Arecaceae (also known as Palmae or Palmaceae), the palm family, is a family of flowering plants, belonging to the monocot order Arecales. ...

Curiously enough, the use of a palm tree as a party symbol by the NPP was suggested, indirectly, by the opposition. In the original 1967 status plebiscite, then Puerto Rico governor Roberto Sanchez Vilella asked one of his then staff members, future governor Rafael Hernandez Colon to come up with three ideas for art clips, as to identify each of the three status options in the ballot and assist illiterate voters who might not be able to read it. In his book "Vientos de Cambio", Hernandez Colón recalls that he conceived the three symbols while at the backyard of his father-in-law's house in Ponce, Puerto Rico. One of the symbols (the one which eventually represented the statehood option in the ballot) was a "palma real" (Roystonea regia), a species of palm tree that is native to the Caribbean. The group "Estadistas Unidos", the statehood supporters who broke rank with García Méndez to participate at the plebiscite, adopted the palm tree as a potential party symbol when they incorporated the NPP. Due to electoral law restrictions, however, they were forbidden to use a "palma real" as a logo because of its previous use in an election; therefore, a coconut (Cocos nucifera) palm tree was used instead. The use of the coconut palm tree as a symbol by the NPP persists to this day. Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Roberto Sánchez Vilella (February 19, 1913-March 24, 1997) was the second democratically eleted Governor of Puerto Rico. ... Rafael Hernández Colón (born October 24, 1936) is a native of Ponce, Puerto Rico, who was the fourth democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico for 12 years,(1973-1977, 1985-1993). ... Flag Seal Nickname: Gentilic: PonceÃ±os Location Location of Ponce, Puerto Rico within Puerto Rico Government Founded 1692 Mayor Francisco Zayas Seijo Political party PPD Senatorial district 5 - Ponce Representative district 24, 25 Geographical characteristics Area Total 501. ... â€œWest Indianâ€ redirects here. ... For other uses, see Coconut (disambiguation). ...

The logo's original version consisted of a light blue palm tree, partially encircled by words in a semi-circle (the exact color hue for the logo being that of the United Nations flag, as a personal request from the party founder, Luis A. Ferré. The original logo had the party's name surrounding it; eventually the words "estadidad, seguridad, progreso" ("statehood, security, progress" in English) substituted the party name. The logo later enclosed the palm tree in a blue oval and reversed its colors. The tonality of blue used in the newer logo was eventually changed to a deep navy blue, as to liken it to that of the canton of the United States' flag. The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ... Don Luis Alberto FerrÃ© Aguayo (February 17, 1904 â€“ October 21, 2003) was an engineer, industrialist, politician, philanthropist, and a patron of the arts. ...

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Disenfranchisement due to Residence in Puerto Rico

U.S. Citizens residing in Puerto Rico are not included by the U.S. Census Bureau in the national population totals, do not have the right to vote in any U.S. legislative and executive election at the national level (despite the fact that the U.S. Government Executive and Legislative Branches hold ultimate sovereignty over all U.S. Citizens and the territory of Puerto Rico). Both the Puerto Rican Independence Party and the NPP outright reject the status quo that permits disenfranchisement (from their distinct respective positions on the ideal enfranchised status for Puerto Rico). The remaining political organization, the Popular Democratic Party, is less active in its opposition of this case of disfranchisement but has officially stated that it favors fixing the remaining "deficits of democracy" that the Clinton Administration and Bush Administration have publicly recognized in writing through the published President’s Task Force on Puerto Rico’s Status and the public hearings held by the U.S. House of Representatives on the Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... The Puerto Rican Independence Party (Spanish: Partido Independentista PuertorriqueÃ±o, PIP) is a Puerto Rican political party that campaigns for the independence of Puerto Rico from the United States. ... The Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico —or Partido Popular Democrático de Puerto Rico (PPD) in Spanish— is a political party that stands for Puerto Rico to be a free associated state of the United States, which is also known as a commonwealth status. ... President Clintons Cabinet, circa 1993 Headed by President of the United States Bill Clinton, the Clinton Administation was the executive branch of the federal government of the United States from 1993 to 2001. ... George W. Bush administration is the administration of the 43rd president of the United States of America, 2001-present George H. W. Bush administration is the administration of the 41st president of the United States of America, 1989-1993 This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... The Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007, introduced in the United States House of Representatives on February 7, 2007 [1] by JosÃ© Serrano (D-New York), is a bill that would provide for referenda to be held in Puerto Rico to determine the islands ultimate political status. ...

Important party leaders

JosÃ© Aponte, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico JosÃ© Francisco Aponte HernÃ¡ndez (born January 19, 1958) is an accountant and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico. ... Baltasar Corrada del Río {born April 12, 1935) is a politician from Puerto Rico currently serving as an Associate Justice to the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. ... Don Luis Alberto FerrÃ© Aguayo (February 17, 1904 â€“ October 21, 2003) was an engineer, industrialist, politician, philanthropist, and a patron of the arts. ... Luis FortuÃ±o, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Luis G. FortuÃ±o (born October 31, 1960) is a corporate lawyer and politician from Puerto Rico affiliated with the New Progressive Party and the United States Republican Party. ... RNC can mean. ... Kenneth McClintock, President of the Senate of Puerto Rico. ... The acronym DNC can mean: Democratic National Committee, the principal campaign and fund-raising organization affiliated with the United States Democratic Party. ... Dr. Carlos Ignacio Pesquera was the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Public Works of Puerto Rico under Pedro Rossellós second term as Governor (1996-2000). ... Pedro R. Pierluisi (born 1959) is a Puerto Rican lawyer and politician affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP) and the United States Democratic Party. ... Pedro Juan RossellÃ³ GonzÃ¡lez, M.D. [pronounced â€œroh-seh-yÃ³hâ€] (born April 5, 1944 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican politician who was the sixth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001. ... Ramon Luis Rivera (born approx. ... Carlos Antonio Romero BarcelÃ³(born September 4, 1932) is a Puerto Rican politician who was the fifth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the second governor to be elected from the New Progressive Party (PNP) and also Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001. ... Jorge Santini Padilla (born 1960) is a Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP). ...

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