Eduardo Ferrer Explained

Eduardo Ferrer Ríos
Order:Member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives from the 6th
Term Start:May 24, 2012
Term End:July 1, 2013
Predecessor:Héctor Ferrer
Office2:Majority Whip of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives
Term Start2:January 2, 2013
Term End2:July 1, 2013
Birth Date:28 November 1973
Birth Place:San Juan, Puerto Rico
Party:Popular Democratic Party (PPD)

Eduardo Ferrer Ríos (born November 28, 1973) is a Puerto Rican politician. He was elected to the Puerto Rico House of Representatives in the 2012 general election.[1] Ferrer is the brother of former Representative and President of the PPD Héctor Ferrer.

Ferrer won a spot on the PPD ballot at the primaries earlier in 2012. He arrived in seventh place in the voting, and wouldn't have been elected. However, a scandal involving his own brother forced second place candidate Carmen Yulín Cruz to relinquish her ballot spot for Representative to run for Mayor of San Juan, allowing Eduardo to move into sixth place.[2] [3] Due to his brother's resignation from the House, Ferrer was sworn in on May 24, 2012 to fill his spot.[4]

After being officially elected at the 2012 elections, Ferrer was appointed by his party to serve as Majority Whip of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives.[5]

On July 1, 2013, he officially announced his resignation to the House of Representatives.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Representantes por Acumulación, Resultados Isla . CEEPUR . December 22, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130102021500/http://div1.ceepur.org/REYDI_Escrutinio/index.html#es/pic_bar_list/REPRESENTANTES_POR_ACUMULACION_ISLA.xml . 2013-01-02 .
  2. Web site: Representantes por Acumulación, Resultados Isla. CEEPUR. May 16, 2012. December 25, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121217151228/http://64.185.222.182/cee_events/PRIMARIAS_LOCALES_2012_PPD_ESCRUTINIO_2_38/ESCRUTINIO_2_58/DEFAULT.HTML. December 17, 2012. dead.
  3. News: La victoria más dulce es la de Carmen Yulín. El Nuevo Día. November 7, 2012.
  4. News: Juramentan como representantes Eduardo Ferrer Ríos y Víctor Parés Otero. El Nuevo Día. May 24, 2012.
  5. News: Al mando Bhatia y Perelló. El Nuevo Día. Hernández, Yanira. November 15, 2012.
  6. News: Juramentan Víctor Parés Otero y Eduardo Ferrer Ríos. Primera Hora. Bauzá, Nydia. May 24, 2012.
  7. Web site: Renuncia representante Eduardo Ferrer Ríos - El Nuevo Día . www.elnuevodia.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130703100305/http://www.elnuevodia.com/renunciarepresentanteeduardoferrerrios-1542635.html . 2013-07-03.