Modesto Agosto Alicea

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|term_start = 1997

|term_end = 2008

|party = Popular Democratic Party

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|death_place = Rincón, Puerto Rico

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|alma_mater = Interamerican University of Puerto Rico - San Germán Campus (BBA)

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Modesto Agosto Alicea (December 7, 1943 – October 22, 2016) was a Puerto Rican politician and senator. He was a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1997 to 2005 representing the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).

Early years and studies

Modesto Agosto Alicea was born on December 7, 1943, in Comerío, Puerto Rico. He studied at the Horace Mann Tower Elementary School in Comerío, and then finished his high school at the Gabriela Mistral High School in Río Piedras. Agosto then received an associate degree in Business Administration and Accounting from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico in San Germán.

Professional career

Agosto worked as Senior Project Engineer for Telecom Engineering Consultants and Bemac Technical Services during the 1970s and 1980s. From the mid-1980s to 1997, he worked as an Engineering Supervisor at the Puerto Rico Telephone Company.

Political career

Agosto was elected to the Senate of Puerto Rico for the first time in 1996 general elections, representing the District of Ponce, along with Bruno Ramos.[http://www.ceepur.org/cgi-bin/legislatura.pl?voto=ds05&1996=on Elecciones Generales de 1996: Senadores de Distrito V]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} on CEEPUR They were both reelected in 2000.[http://www.ceepur.org/elecciones2000/escrutinio/senadores.html#V Elecciones Generales de 2000: Senadores por el Distrito V] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108235111/http://www.ceepur.org/elecciones2000/escrutinio/senadores.html |date=2012-01-08 }} on CEEPUR During that term, Agosto presided the Commission of Treasury at the Senate.

Agosto and Ramos were reelected again in the 2004 general elections.[http://cee.ceepur.org/recuento/principal.aspx?Cargo=SND&Nivel=DS&L2=5 Elecciones Generales 2004: Senadores por Distrito V] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529222705/http://cee.ceepur.org/recuento/principal.aspx?Cargo=SND&Nivel=DS&L2=5 |date=2012-05-29 }} on CEEPUR During that term, Agosto presided the Commissions of Treasury, Health and Women Affairs, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Quality, among others.

Agosto and Ramos lost their place in the PPD ballot after losing at the 2008 PPD primaries.[http://64.185.222.182/Primarias/escrutinio/PPD/Default.htm Primarias 2008: Escrutinio General] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044635/http://64.185.222.182/Primarias/escrutinio/PPD/Default.htm |date=2016-03-04 }} on CEEPUR

Agosto died on October 22, 2016, of Esophageal cancer, at the age of 72 in Rincón, Puerto Rico.

References

External links

{{Cite web |url=http://www.senadopr.us/senadores/sen_magosto.php |title=Modesto Agosto Alicea |access-date=December 31, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051030014719/http://www.senadopr.us/senadores/sen_magosto.php |archive-date=October 30, 2005 |url-status=bot: unknown |df=mdy-all }} on SenadoPR

Category:1943 births

Category:2016 deaths

Category:Deaths from esophageal cancer in the United States

Category:Interamerican University of Puerto Rico alumni

Category:People from Comerío, Puerto Rico

Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico

Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico