Henry Neumann

{{short description|Puerto Rican politician (born 1950)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Henry Neumann

| office = Member of the Puerto Rico Senate from the San Juan district

| term_start = January 15, 2017

| term_end = June 30, 2022

| predecessor =

| successor =

| office1 = President pro tempore of the Puerto Rico Senate

| term_start1 = January 15, 2020

| term_end1 = January 2, 2021

| predecessor1 = Larry Seilhamer

| successor1 = Marially González Huertas

| office2 = Puerto Rico Secretary of Sports and Recreation

| governor2 = Luis Fortuño

| term_start2 = January 2, 2009

| term_end2 = January 2, 2012

| predecessor2 = Lucy Molinary

| successor2 = Ramón Orta

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|12|12}}

| birth_place = Cuba

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = New Progressive

| education = Georgetown University (BBA)
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras (JD)

}}

Henry Neumann Zayas (born December 12, 1950) is an attorney, and a former state senator for the District of San Juan (PNP-R) Former Secretary of Sports and Recreation of Puerto Rico.{{cite news|last=VÁZQUEZ|first=KEYVAN ANTONIO HEYDARI|title=Team From Puerto Rico Is in the Land of the Soccer Giants |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/sports/soccer/07soccer.html?ref=soccer|access-date=9 December 2010|newspaper=The New York Times|date=6 April 2009}}

After finishing high school entered Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where he earned a Bachelor in business administration with honors in 1972. Once

completed University, Served in the United States Army. Returned to the island for study at the University of Puerto Rico School of Law, where he obtained the degree of Juris Doctor for the 1975.

A former basketball player, he served for many years as president of Puerto Rico's National Superior Basketball league.{{cite news|last=Paese |first=Gabrielle |title=Superior Basketball League Chief: New NCAA Status Is A Blessing |url=http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/2002/vol6n38/PRSportsBeat0638-en.html |access-date=9 December 2010 |newspaper=Puerto Rico Herald |date=20 September 2002 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329134218/http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/2002/vol6n38/PRSportsBeat0638-en.html |archive-date=29 March 2012 }}

In March 2008, he aspired to become one of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico's six at-large Senate candidates at the PNP primaries, but ended up in seventh place.[http://64.185.222.182/Primarias/escrutinio/PNP/Default.htm Primarias 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212622/http://64.185.222.182/Primarias/escrutinio/PNP/Default.htm |date=2016-03-03 }} on CEEPUR

In June 2008, he was selected as a member of the 2010 Central and Caribbean Games Organizing Committee. The Games were held in Mayagüez during the summer of 2010. To facilitate the government's collaboration with the Games, Governor Luis Fortuño appointed him to chair a 25-member coordinating committee, composed of Puerto Rico government agency heads.

On October 26, 2015, Neumann announced his Senate candidacy on behalf of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico. On June 21, 2022, Neumann announced his resignation to the Senate of Puerto Rico, effective June 30, 2022. [https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/legislatura/notas/neumann-se-retira-de-la-politica-para-vivir-el-sueno-de-su-hijo-no-me-lo-iba-a-perder-por-nada-del-mundo/]{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622004530/https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/legislatura/notas/neumann-se-retira-de-la-politica-para-vivir-el-sueno-de-su-hijo-no-me-lo-iba-a-perder-por-nada-del-mundo/|date=2022-6-30}}