Juan Dalmau | |
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Member of Puerto Rican Senate from at-large district |
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Assumed office January 2, 2017 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Juan Manuel Dalmau Ramírez July 23, 1973 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Nationality | Puerto Rican |
Political party | Puerto Rican Independence Party |
Alma mater |
University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras Harvard University School of Law |
Juan Manuel Dalmau Ramírez (born July 23, 1973) is a Puerto Rican politician, attorney and a former candidate for Governor of Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rican Independence Party. He is currently a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico.
Juan Dalmau Ramírez graduated from Notre Dame High School. In 1995 he obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) in Political Sciences, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law three years later.
Juan Dalmau was elected editor-in-chief of the UPR Law School's Law Review Journal. He represented the University of Puerto Rico's Law Review in travels abroad, including a trip to Universitat de Barcelona, in Barcelona, Spain. After graduation, Dalmau served as a law clerk for the Chief Justice of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court. In 2000, Juan Dalmau graduated from Harvard University Law School’s Graduate Program, earning his LL.M.
Since then, Dalmau-Ramírez has quickly risen in the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP)’s hierarchy, serving as a Legislative Adviser for Senator Manuel Rodríguez Orellana and Fernando Martín, before being elected to serve as Party Commissioner in Municipality Affairs and PIP Secretary General. Juan Dalmau-Ramírez currently serves as the Electoral Commissioner of the Puerto Rican Independent Party to Puerto Rico's State Electoral Commission (CEE), in addition to his position as Secretary General.