Ramón Luis Rivera Jr.
{{Short description|Puerto Rican mayor}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Pedro P. Ramon R..jpg
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| name = Ramón Luis Rivera Cruz
| caption = Ramón Luis Rivera (right) with Pedro Pierluisi (left)
| order =
| office = Mayor of Bayamón, Puerto Rico
| term_start = January 1, 2001
| term_end =
| predecessor = Ramón Luis Rivera
| successor =
| office2 = Member of the Senate of Puerto Rico for Bayamón district
| term2 = 1993–2000
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|2|3}}
| birth_place = Bayamón, Puerto Rico
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| constituency =
| party = New Progressive Party (PNP)
| alma_mater = University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón (BBA)
American University of Puerto Rico
| spouse = Narel Waleska Colón
| profession = Realtor
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Ramón Luis Rivera Cruz (born February 3, 1956) is a Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the New Progressive Party. He is the current mayor of Bayamón, and succeeded his father, Ramón Luis Rivera, when the latter decided to retire after 23 years in office (1977–2000).{{Cite web
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| title = Bayamón: Los Ramón Luis Rivera {{!}} Estado51PRUSA.com — PR sin USA, No es PR; USA sin PR, No es USA.
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| date = 17 June 2012
| access-date = 2016-02-29
}} Rivera served as a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico for the District of Bayamón from 1993 to 2000. He has been mayor of Bayamón since then.
Early life
Ramón Luis Rivera Cruz was born on February 3, 1956. He is the first born of 5 siblings, son to Ramón Luis Rivera and Angélica Cruz. Ramón Luis Rivera Cruz attended Colegio Santo Domingo and Escuela Papa Juan XXIII for elementary and secondary school, respectively. Later he continued higher studies at University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón, where he gained a Bachelor of Business Administration and continued studies at American University of Puerto Rico. In 1994 Luis Rivera Jr. married Narel Waleska Colón and had two sons: Ramon Luis III and André Efraín.{{cite web|url=http://www.camarapr.org/presentaciones/APP/BIO-RAMON-LUIS.pdf|title=Biografía|website=camarapr|access-date=5 January 2016}}
Political career
In 1980, he started his political career as campaign manager for his father, Ramón Luis Rivera, the then-mayor of Bayamon seeking reelection. He was elected as a senator of the Bayamón district in 1992 and was reelected again in 1996.{{Cite web| title=Biografía - Hon. Ramón Luis Rivera Cruz - Alcalde de Bayamón | language=es | trans-title=Biography - Hon. Ramón Luis Rivera Cruz - Mayor of Bayamón | url=http://www.camarapr.org/presentaciones/APP/BIO-RAMON-LUIS.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212334/http://www.camarapr.org/presentaciones/APP/BIO-RAMON-LUIS.pdf | archive-date=2016-03-04}}
During his time in the Senate, he was a chairman of different committees. Between them, Committee of Urbanism and Infrastructure, Committee on Ethics, Committee on Youth and the Committee of Recreation and Sports.
In 2000, he aspired for the mayorship of Bayamon, the position his father had served since 1977. He won the mayorship and has been reelected four more times.
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Category:New Progressive Party members of the Senate of Puerto Rico
Category:Mayors of Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Category:People from Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico