José Garriga Picó

{{short description|Senator of Puerto Rico}}

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|name = José Garriga Picó

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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

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