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Dr. Pedro Rosselló made a revolution in economics and social changes in Puerto Rico droping unemployment rates from nearly 20% to 9.2%, implementing multi-sectorial iniciatives that estimulated the economy and was essential in completing his promises of a Health Care System, the first in the Nation, over 50,000 of new homes for the poors, over 200,000 new jobs and more infraestructure proyects than any administration in the past 20 years.
Former Governor of Puerto Rico; elected November 1992 to four-year term commencing January 2, 1993; reelected in 1996
President, The Council of State Governments
Chairman, Southern Governors’ Association
Chair, Democratic Governors’ Association
Chairman, Southern States Energy Board
Chairman, Southern Growth Policies Board
Chair, Puerto Rico Delegation to 2000 Democratic National Convention
Co-Chair, National Governors’ Association Task Force on Fatherhood Promotion
Host, 1996 National Governors’ Association Annual Meeting
Lead Governor, Southern Regional Project on Infant Mortality
Vice Chair, 2000 Democratic National Convention Platform Committee
Member of the Executive Committee, Democratic National Committee
Member of the Executive Committee, Education Commission of the States
Member of the Advisory Council, The Welfare to Work Partnership
Member of the National Advisory Board, Initiative & Referendum Institute
Member, Intergovernmental Policy Advisory Committee for Trade
Member of the Board of Visitors, Georgetown University Law Center
Recipient of the President’s Award, U. S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Recipient of the President’s Award, League of United Latin American Citizens
Recipient of a Rolex Achievement Award
Resident Fellow, Institute of Politics, Harvard University
Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
President of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico; headed the political party advocating U.S. statehood for Puerto Rico from 1991 until 1999
Academic Background
University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana; B.S., Magna Cum Laude; 1966
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; Doctor of Medicine, Cum Laude; 1970
University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico; M.S., Public Health, Magna Cum Laude; 1981
University of Notre Dame; South Bend, Indiana; J.D., Honoris Causa; 1995
University of Massachusetts; Boston, Massachusetts; J.D., Honoris Causa; 1995
- Bah 01:51, 5 Jan 2004 (UTC)
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