Rolando Ortiz Velázquez | |
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Mayor of Cayey | |
Taking office January 14, 1997 |
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Succeeding | Daniel Oquendo Figueroa |
Member of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico from the 29th District | |
In office January 2, 1993 – January 1, 1997 |
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Succeeded by | Luis Aramburu |
Personal details | |
Political party | Popular Democratic Party (PPD) |
Rolando Ortiz Velázquez is a Puerto Rican politician and the current mayor of Cayey. Ortiz is affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) and has served as mayor since 1997.
Before being elected mayor, Ortiz served as member of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 1997. He represented District 29.
At the 2012 general election, Ortiz received 73.29% of the votes. This was the largest margin of victory for any mayor in that election, which led a newspaper to label him as one of the "most powerful" mayors in the island.