Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Aníbal Acevedo Vilá

9th Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Date of Birth: 13-Feb-1962

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

Profession: lawyer, politician

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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About Aníbal Acevedo Vilá

  • Aníbal Salvador Acevedo Vilá (born 13 February 1962) is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer.
  • He served as governor of Puerto Rico, a Commonwealth of the United States, from 2005 to 2009.
  • He is a Harvard University alumnus (LL.M.
  • 1987) and a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico School of Law, where he obtained his Juris Doctor degree.
  • Acevedo Vilá has held various public service positions in the Puerto Rico government under the Popular Democratic Party, serving as a member of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico (1993–2001) and Resident Commissioner (2001–2005), before he was sworn in as Governor on 2 January 2005.
  • Acevedo Vilá was also a member of the National Governors Association, the Southern Governors' Association and the Democratic Governors Association, and a collaborator of President Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
  • Also he is currently an adjunct professor of the University of Puerto Rico School of Law. On 27 March 2008, Acevedo Vilá was indicted in the U.S.
  • District Court for the District of Puerto Rico on 19 counts of campaign finance violations.
  • He subsequently organized a press conference, where he claimed that he is innocent of all charges presented against him.
  • On 19 August 2008, he was charged with five more counts.
  • On 1 December 2008 Judge Paul Barbadoro determined that 15 of those charges were based on a flawed theory, leaving him with only nine charges.
  • On 20 March 2009, Acevedo Vilá was found by a jury not guilty of all the charges against him. On 4 November 2008, he failed in his bid for a second term, losing to incumbent Resident Commissioner Luis Fortuño.
  • Two days later he stepped down as president of the Popular Democratic Party.

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