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Pedro Pierluisi's Biography

Office:

Full Name:

Pedro R. Pierluisi

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Maria; 4 Children: Anthony, Michael, Rafael, Jacqueline

Birth Date:

04/26/1959

Birth Place:

San Juan, PR

Home City:

Guaynabo, PR

Religion:

Roman Catholic

JD, George Washington University, 1984

BA, American History, Tulane University, 1981

Governor, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 2019, 2021-present

Resident Commissioner, United States House of Representatives, District Puerto Rico, 2009-2017

Attorney General, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 1993-1996

Former Member, House Committee on Education and the Workforce

Former Member, House Ethics Committee

Partner, O'Neil and Borges, 1997-present

Attorney, Private Practice, Puerto Rico, 1990-1993

Attorney, Private Practice, Washington, DC, 1984-1990

President, Jose Jaime Pierluisi Foundation, present

Former Director, Puerto Rico Homebuilders Association

Former Director, University of Puerto Rico Foundation

Member, National Association of Attorneys General, 1993-1996

Chair, National Association of Attorneys General, Eastern Region, 1996

Father's Name:

Jorge Pierluisi

Father's Occupation:

Former Puerto Rico Housing Secretary

Favorite Book:

La Fiesta del Chivo (Vargas Llosa), Noticia de un Secuestro (García Márquez), All the King's Men (Penn Warren), Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway) y Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom).

Favorite Movie:

Life is Beautiful, Godfather I y II, Cinema Paradiso, todas las de James Bond, Gladiator y Argo.

Favorite Musician:

Disfruto de todo tipo de música. Entre otros, Juan Luis Guerra, Marc Anthony, El Gran Combo, Maná, Sting, Los Beatles, Barry White, Alejandro Sanz, Olga Tañón, Gilbertito Santa Rosa, Pedro Capó, Dave Matthews Band y Cold Play.

Favorite Quote:

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." - President Franklin D. Roosevelt;

"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." -- President John F. Kennedy;

"La razón no grita, la razón convence." - Luis A. Ferré;

"Statehood has always struck me as the right and logical destination for Puerto Rico." - President George H. W. Bush

Favorite TV Shows:

24, West Wing y Homeland.

Hobbies or Special Talents:

La historia de Puerto Rico y de los Estados Unidos, las tendencias sociales, políticas y económicas en el mundo, y los deportes

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