Rich Negrin

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| office = Pennsylvania Secretary of Environmental Protection

| term_start = June 27, 2023

| term_end = December 9, 2023

| governor = Josh Shapiro

| predecessor = Patrick McDonnell

| successor = Jess Shirley (Interim Acting)

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| party = Democratic

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| education = Wagner College (BS)
Rutgers Law School (JD)

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Rich Negrin is an American lawyer who formerly served as Pennsylvania Secretary of Environmental Protection from June to December 2023.{{cite news|last=Nunez|first=Alan|date=June 28, 2023|title=PA Senate overwhelmingly confirms Secretary Rich Negrin to lead the Department of Environmental Protection|url=https://aldianews.com/en/politics/policy/negrin-confirmed|work=Al Día}}

Biography

The son of Cuban immigrants, Negrin was 13 when he witnessed the assassination of his father, the director of a refugee services center in New Jersey, by anti-Castro activists.{{cite news|last=Geringer|first=Dan|date=February 3, 2012|title=City's managing director turns loss of dad, daughter into mission to make others' lives better|url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/20120203_City_s_managing_director_turns_loss_of_dad__daughter_into_mission_to_make_others__lives_better.html|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer}}{{cite news|last=McFadden|first=Robert|date=November 26, 1979|title=Cuban Refugee Leader Slain in Union City|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/11/26/archives/cuban-refugee-leader-slain-in-union-city-more-executions-promised.html|work=The New York Times}} After graduating from Wagner College and Rutgers Law School, he worked as a prosecutor in the Philadelphia District Attorney's office from 1995 to 2000.{{cite news|last=Seidman|first=Andrew|date=January 11, 2023|title=Former top Philly official Rich Negrin is Josh Shapiro's pick to lead the Pa. Department of Environmental Protection|url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/rich-negrin-josh-shapiro-environmental-protection-dep-20230110.html|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer}}

Under Mayor Michael Nutter, Negrin was appointed executive director of the Philadelphia Board of Revision of Taxes in 2009 and then the city's managing director and deputy mayor in 2010. He unsuccessfully ran for district attorney in 2017, receiving endorsements from The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Fraternal Order of Police.{{cite news|date=May 13, 2017|title=Negrin best Democrat for DA; Rhynhart for controller|url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/opinion/editorials/negrin-best-democrat-for-da-rhynhart-for-controller-20170513.html|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer}}{{cite news|last=Marin|first=Max|date=March 15, 2017|title=FOP endorsement of DA candidate Negrín draws criticism|url=https://www.cityandstatepa.com/politics/2017/03/fop-endorsement-da-candidate-negrin-draws-criticism/365113/|work=City & State PA}} He received 14.2% of the vote in the Democratic primary, placing third behind Larry Krasner and Joe Khan.

In January 2023, Negrin was nominated as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection by Governor Josh Shapiro. He was confirmed by the Pennsylvania State Senate on June 27, becoming the first Latino to lead the agency. He announced resignation, effective December 9, on October 25, 2023 for medical reasons.{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Jan |author1-link=Jan Murphy |title=Shapiro Cabinet officer to resign following six-week medical leave |url=https://www.pennlive.com/politics/2023/10/shapiro-cabinet-officer-to-resign-following-six-week-medical-leave.html |access-date=27 October 2023 |work=PennLive Patriot-News |publisher=Advance Local Media LLC |date=October 27, 2023}}

Electoral history

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Larry Krasner|percentage=38.24|votes=59,368}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|candidate=Joe Khan

|party=Democratic Party (United States)

|votes= 31,480

|percentage=20.28}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|candidate=Rich Negrin

|party=Democratic Party (United States)

|votes=22,048

|percentage=14.20}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|candidate=Tariq Karim El-Shabazz