| Luis Fortuņo, Statehood Republican, Takes a Seat in Congress
On January 4, 2005, Luis Fortuņo was sworn
in by House Speaker Dennis Hastert as Puerto Rico’s Resident
Commissioner. In his first attempt at elected office, Fortuņo
brings a wealth of Washington experience to the position and is
well grounded in Puerto Rican public affairs. A graduate
of Georgetown University in Washington and the University of
Virginia Law School in Charlottesville, Virginia, he has been
practicing law in San Juan for 16 of the past 20 years.
After being involved in the first presidential campaign of
Ronald Reagan, he returned to Puerto Rico and became active in
New Progressive Party (PNP) politics, as well as with the local
Republican Party. He currently holds the position of
Republican Committeeman from Puerto Rico. He served under
the Pedro Rossello administration as Director of Tourism, and
later as Secretary of Economic Development and Commerce.
Fortuņo has been assigned to three Committees in the House of Representatives: Education
and the Workforce; Resources; and Transportation and
Infrastructure.
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