José Garriga Picó
{{short description|Senator of Puerto Rico}}
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|state_senate= Puerto Rico
|district = at-large
|term_start = 2005
|term_end = 2009
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|03|19}}
|birth_place = Coamo, Puerto Rico
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|spouse = Miriam B. Toledo David
|children = Adriana
Claudia
|alma_mater = Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (BA)
New York University (MS, Ph.D)
|profession = Politician
|party = New Progressive Party
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José Garriga Picó (born March 19, 1948) is a Puerto Rican politician and former senator affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP). He served as a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 2005 to 2009. Since 1990, Garriga Picó has been a professor of political science at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus.
Political career
In 2003, José Garriga Picó entered the political field with the New Progressive Party (PNP). He gained a position as a candidate to the Senate of Puerto Rico at the 2003 PNP primaries.[https://archive.today/20120707235023/http://64.185.222.182/primarias2003/escrutinio/principal.aspx?Partido=PNP&Cargo=SNA&Nivel=ISLA Primarias 2003: Senadores por Acumulación] on CEEPUR He was elected at the 2004 general elections being the fifth candidate with most votes, and the third among PNP candidates.[http://64.185.222.182/recuento/principal.aspx?Cargo=SNA&Nivel=ISLA Elecciones Generales 2004: Senadores por Acumulación] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228022048/http://64.185.222.182/recuento/principal.aspx?Cargo=SNA&Nivel=ISLA |date=2014-12-28 }} on CEEPUR
José Garriga Picó ran for a second term, but was defeated at the 2008 PNP primaries.[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 He then served as an adviser on Federal Affairs to Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz.[http://www.senadopr.us/EducacionLegislativa/Documents/Dr.%20Jos%C3%A9%20Garriga%20Pic%C3%B3.pdf Educación Legislativa]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} on SenadoPR
Personal life
During his college years, José Garriga Picó started practicing judo. In 1979, he received the black belt degree, Sho-Dan, in judo by the Kodokan Institute in Japan.{{cite web|url=http://www.senadopr.us/senadores/senador.asp?bId=hcOnbQhtYY47&lan= |title=Biografía de José Garriga Picó |accessdate=2012-02-05 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814161004/http://www.senadopr.us/senadores/senador.asp?bId=hcOnbQhtYY47&lan= |archivedate=August 14, 2007 }} on SenadoPR
References
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External links
- {{Cite web |url=http://www.senadopr.us/senadores/senador.asp?bId=hcOnbQhtYY47&lan= |title=Biografía de José Garriga Picó |access-date=February 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814161004/http://www.senadopr.us/senadores/senador.asp?bId=hcOnbQhtYY47&lan= |archive-date=August 14, 2007 |url-status=bot: unknown }} on SenadoPR
- [http://www.senadopr.us/EducacionLegislativa/Documents/Dr.%20Jos%C3%A9%20Garriga%20Pic%C3%B3.pdf Educación Legislativa, José Garriga Picó]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100609065156/http://sociales.uprrp.edu/facultad-cienciapolitica.html Facultad de Ciencias Sociales UPR]
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Category:New Progressive Party members of the Senate of Puerto Rico
Category:New York University alumni
Category:People from Coamo, Puerto Rico
Category:Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico alumni
Category:Puerto Rican male judoka
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Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico