Pedro Rosselló, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Pedro Rosselló

Seventh Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1944

Place of Birth: San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States

Profession: politician, university teacher, tennis player

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Pedro Rosselló

  • Pedro Juan Rosselló González, (Spanish pronunciation: [rose'?o]; born April 5, 1944) is a Puerto Rican physician and politician who served as Governor 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.
  • His son, Ricardo was the 12th Governor of Puerto Rico, who became the first Puerto Rican governor to resign.
  • In 1988 Rosselló ran for Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, but lost to Jaime Fuster in the 1988 elections.
  • 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.
  • He retired from active politics in 2001. In 2003 Rosselló made a comeback, winning the NPP's 2004 gubernatorial nomination in primaries against then-NPP President Carlos Pesquera.
  • He then lost the 2004 gubernatorial race to Anibal Acevedo Vilá by an unprecedented and a vigorously 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 that position and replace him.
  • In 2008 Rosselló lost the NPP's 2008 gubernatorial nomination to then-Resident Commissioner and future Governor Luis Fortuño.
  • Thereafter he completed his term as Senator and retired for good from active politics.

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