Pablo José Hernández Rivera[1] (born May 11, 1991) is a Puerto Rican politician who is the Resident commissioner-elect of Puerto Rico.[2]
Pablo Hernández Rivera | |
|---|---|
| Resident Commissioner-elect of Puerto Rico | |
| Assuming office January 3, 2025 | |
| Succeeding | Jenniffer González |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pablo José Hernández Rivera May 11, 1991 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Political party | Popular Democratic |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic |
| Relatives | Rafael Hernández Colón (grandfather) Lila Mayoral Wirshing (grandmother) |
| Education | |
He was formerly assistant secretary of federal and international affairs for the Popular Democratic Party.[3]
He is the grandson of the former governor Rafael Hernández Colón and his wife Lila Mayoral Wirshing. He graduated from Academia del Perpetuo Socorro. Earned a bachelor degree from Harvard College and a Juris doctor from Stanford Law School.[4]
On the federal level, Hernández Rivera is affiliated with the Democratic Party.[5][6]
In November 2024, in an opinion piece in The Hill, Pablo José Hernández announced that for the first time since 2000, Puerto Rican voters had chosen as their delegate to the United States House of Representatives an opponent of Puerto Rican statehood.[7]
References
edit- ^ McCumber, Kevin A. (Acting Clerk) (October 18, 2024). Nominees for the Offices of US Senator and US Representative in the 119th Congress from Official Sources for the Election of November 5, 2024 (PDF). United States House of Representatives. p. 31. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ^ "Pablo José Hernández asegura que "vamos todos a Washington"". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 2024-11-06. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ^ "Pablo José Hernández se proclama ganador de la comisaría residente". Metro Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 2024-11-05. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ^ "PR-AL: Pablo José Hernández Rivera (D)". The Well News. November 6, 2024.
- ^ Santiago, Manuel (2024-08-19). "Pablo Hernández inició su agenda en la Convención del Partido Demócrata en Chicago". IslaNewsPR. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
- ^ "EEUU-Inicia Hernández Rivera su agenda en la convención del Partido Demócrata". Inter News Service – Agencia de Noticias (in Spanish). 2024-08-18. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
- ^ "Pablo José Hernández reclama en publicación estadounidense dejar a un lado el debate sobre la estadidad". El Nuevo Dia. November 26, 2024.
See also
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