Edgardo Rivera García
Edgardo Rivera García | |
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office September 1, 2010 | |
Appointed by | Luis Fortuño |
Preceded by | Efraín Rivera Pérez |
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Born | (1955-01-03) January 3, 1955 (age 69) San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Education | University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras (BA, MPA, JD) |
Edgardo Rivera García (born January 3, 1955) is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. He was nominated by Governor Luis Fortuño to succeed retired Justice Efraín Rivera Pérez.[1] Nominated on August 3, 2010, he was confirmed by the Senate of Puerto Rico on September 8, 2010.[2]
Early life
Born on January 3, 1955, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Rivera García studied at the Liceo Interamericano Castro before obtaining his B.A. at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, in 1977. At the same university, he obtained a Masters in Public Administration in 1983 and a Juris Doctor in 1988. He is single and the father of three daughters.
Public service
He was appointed by Governor Pedro Rosselló as a district attorney in 1994, resigning in 1997 to become then-Senate President Charlie Rodriguez's Director of Legislative Affairs until 2000. That year, Rosselló nominated him to be a Superior Court Judge in the judicial region of Arecibo, Caguas and special designations in the judicial region of Utuado, a post he held until Fortuño appointed him to the Court of Appeals in 2009.
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Preceded by | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico 2010–present | Incumbent |
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- Jenniffer González, Resident Commissioner
- Roberto Lefranc Fortuño
- Ricky Rosselló
- 2 vacant, Shadow Representatives at-large
- Pedro Pierluisi, Governor
- Omar Marrero, Secretary of State (appointed)
- Domingo Emanuelli, Secretary of Justice (appointed)
- Nelson Pérez Méndez, Acting Secretary of the Treasury (appointed)
- José Luis Dalmau, President
- Marially González Huertas, President pro tempore
- Javier Aponte Dalmau, Majority Leader
- Thomas Rivera Schatz, Minority Leader
- Tatito Hernández, Speaker
- Conny Varela, Speaker pro tempore
- Ángel Matos García, Majority Leader
- Carlos Johnny Méndez, Minority Leader
(appointed)
- Maite Oronoz Rodríguez, Chief Justice
- Rafael Martínez Torres
- Mildred Pabón
- Erick Kolthoff
- Edgardo Rivera García
- Luis Estrella Martínez
- Roberto Feliberti Cintrón
- Angel Colón-Pérez
- 1 vacant, Associate Justices
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