| Bobby Ramírez Kurtz | |
| Office: | Mayor of Cabo Rojo |
| Term Start: | January 14, 2013 |
| Term End: | January 10, 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Perza Rodríguez Quiñones |
| Successor: | Jorge Morales Wiscovitch |
| Birth Date: | 29 October 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico |
| Alma Mater: | University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez Interamerican University of Puerto Rico at San Germán |
| Spouse: | Odalys Santiago Vélez |
| Children: | Roberto, José, Von Yaid |
| Party: | Popular Democratic Party |
Roberto "Bobby" Ramírez Kurtz (born October 29, 1959) is a Puerto Rican politician and the former mayor of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico.[1] He is affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) and served as mayor from 2013 to 2021. He assumed office after beating incumbent Perza Rodrígues Quiñones in the 2012 general election. Rodríguez, a member of the New Progressive Party (PNP), became mayor after the death of Santos Padilla Ferrer in 2007. Ramírez Kurtz was succeeded by Jorge "Jorgito: Morales Wiscovitch of the PNP after winning the mayoral race in the 2020 general election.[2] [3]
In 2017, Kurtz implemented the "Orange Initiative" (Iniciativa Naranja in Spanish), which was met with controversy. The initiative establishes that citizens must buy orange trash bags provided by the trash-collecting private company that operates in Cabo Rojo if they want their trash to be collected.[4] Kurtz stopped "Iniciativa Naranja", after days in court, because the government gave funds to Cabo Rojo's junkyard that would last at least five years.