Pedro Rosselló Politician

Pedro Juan Rosselló González, (Spanish pronunciation: [roseˈʎo]; born April 5, 1944) is a Puerto Rican physician and politician who served as the seventh Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001. He was President of the New Progressive Party from 1991 to 1999 and 2003 to 2008, and served as Senator for the District of Arecibo from 2005 to 2008.In 1988 Rosselló was the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico. He was not successful in that 1988 electoral bid for governor. From 1990 to 1991 he successfully challenged former Governor and then-NPP President Carlos Romero Barceló for the NPP’s presidency. He was thereafter elected Governor of Puerto Rico in 1992 and in 1996 was re-elected by the widest electoral margin up to that date. He also served as President of the Council of State Governments as well as Chairman of the Southern Governors' Association, and Democratic Governors Association. In 1999 he announced he would not seek a third term and retired from active politics in 2001.Rossello lost the New Progressive Party Gubernatorial Primary in 2008. In 2003 Rosselló made a comeback, winning the NPP's 2004 gubernatorial nomination in primaries against then-NPP President Carlos Pesquera. However, he lost the 2004 gubernatorial race to Aníbal Acevedo Vilá by an unprecedented and a rigorously disputed razor-thin margin. Soon after an elected NPP Senator from Arecibo resigned his seat and Rosselló filled the vacancy. From 2005 to 2006 Rosselló unsuccessfully sought to remove Senate President Kenneth McClintock from his seat and replace him. In 2008 Rosselló lost the NPP’s 2008 gubernatorial nomination to then-Resident Commissioner and current Governor Luis Fortuño. Thereafter he completed his term as Senator and retired from active politics.

Personal facts

Pedro Rosselló
Birth dateApril 05, 1944
Birth place
Puerto Rico , San Juan Puerto Rico
Religion
Catholic Church
Profession
Pediatric surgery

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Office holder

office7th Governor of Puerto Rico
party
New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico
Democratic Party (United States)
region
Puerto Rico Senatorial district III
successor
Ángel Martínez Santiago

Topical connections

Aníbal Acevedo ViláPolitician
Carlos Romero BarcelóPolitician
Antonio Rafael BarcelóPolitician
George RattermanAmerican football player
Alejandro García PadillaPolitician
Bolívar PagánPolitician
Antonio Fernós-IsernPolitician
Alex LlompartTennis player
Ángel AcevedoWrestler
Albert Francis ZahmScientist

Pedro Rosselló on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.bibliotecarossello.pr
  2. http://www.laobraderossello.com
  3. http://www.rossello.com
  4. http://www.senadopr.us
  5. http://www.senadopr.us/en
  6. http://www.senadopr.us/senadores/senador.asp?bId=snZyncs5kk48&lan=
  7. http://www.state.gov/s/p/of/proc/tr/11082.htm
  8. http://www.vocero.com/noticias.asp?s=Locales&n=108695
  9. http://yalemedicine.yale.edu/ym_w99/rossello/rssello.htm