José Aponte
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Jose Fernando Aponte Hernández (born January 19, 1958), is an accountant
and former Speaker
of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
. He was born in San Juan
and obtained a bachelor's degree
in Accounting from the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras in 1980.
Aponte is married to Aida I. Rodríguez Roig, and has two sons and one daughter. He currently resides in San Lorenzo
. He was the New Progressive Party
(PNP) General Secretary during the Rossello
administration. One of his older brothers, Néstor, is a state appellate judge, while another, Jorge, was the Director of the Office of Management and Budget during the Rosselló administration.
He served a Secretary-General of the New Progressive Party from 1996 to 1997 (acting) and 1997 to 1999.
Aponte was appointed to fill the vacancy left by his brother Néstor Aponte Hernández, as Representative from the 33rd District, after he resigned to become an Apelate Court Judge. Aponte was elected for a full term as Representative in the 2000 General Elections, and was re-elected as an At-Large Representative in the 2004 and 2008 General Elections. After the New Progressive Party elected 32 members of the 51-seat House of Representatives in the 2004 general elections, Aponte was elected the 28th Speaker of the House on January 10. He is also a member of the Puerto Rico Republican Party. http://www.goppr.org/en/3/44.html He was defeated in his bid for re-election for Speaker by the new 37 member mayority New Progressive Party caucus, which elected then Government Affairs Committee Chairwoman, Jenniffer A. González Colón.
Aponte has maintained a sense of stewardship toward Puerto Ricos's statehood quest. In that respect, his most recent remarks affirm satisfaction with the pro-statehood legislative process (Primera Hora, Feb 22, 2010) stating "I think it is extraordinarily good that a decision to roll this process is finally taking place at the House of Representatives".
Accountant
An accountant is a practitioner of accountancy or accounting , which is the measurement, disclosure or provision of assurance about financial information that helps managers, investors, tax authorities and others make decisions about allocating resources.The Big Four auditors are the largest...
and former Speaker
Speaker (politics)
The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...
of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
The House of Representatives of Puerto Rico is the lower house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, the territorial legislature of Puerto Rico...
. He was born in San Juan
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...
and obtained a bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
in Accounting from the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras in 1980.
Aponte is married to Aida I. Rodríguez Roig, and has two sons and one daughter. He currently resides in San Lorenzo
San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico
San Lorenzo is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the eastern central region, north of Patillas and Yabucoa; south of Gurabo; east of Caguas and Cayey; and west of Juncos and Las Piedras. San Lorenzo is spread over ten wards and San Lorenzo Pueblo...
. He was the New Progressive Party
New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico
The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that advocates for Puerto Rico's admission to the United States of America as the 51st state...
(PNP) General Secretary during the Rossello
Pedro Rosselló
Pedro Juan Rosselló González, M.D., , is a Puerto Rican physician and politician who served as the sixth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001...
administration. One of his older brothers, Néstor, is a state appellate judge, while another, Jorge, was the Director of the Office of Management and Budget during the Rosselló administration.
He served a Secretary-General of the New Progressive Party from 1996 to 1997 (acting) and 1997 to 1999.
Aponte was appointed to fill the vacancy left by his brother Néstor Aponte Hernández, as Representative from the 33rd District, after he resigned to become an Apelate Court Judge. Aponte was elected for a full term as Representative in the 2000 General Elections, and was re-elected as an At-Large Representative in the 2004 and 2008 General Elections. After the New Progressive Party elected 32 members of the 51-seat House of Representatives in the 2004 general elections, Aponte was elected the 28th Speaker of the House on January 10. He is also a member of the Puerto Rico Republican Party. http://www.goppr.org/en/3/44.html He was defeated in his bid for re-election for Speaker by the new 37 member mayority New Progressive Party caucus, which elected then Government Affairs Committee Chairwoman, Jenniffer A. González Colón.
Aponte has maintained a sense of stewardship toward Puerto Ricos's statehood quest. In that respect, his most recent remarks affirm satisfaction with the pro-statehood legislative process (Primera Hora, Feb 22, 2010) stating "I think it is extraordinarily good that a decision to roll this process is finally taking place at the House of Representatives".