Iris Miriam Ruíz Explained

Iris Miriam Ruíz
Office:Puerto Rico Ombudswoman
Term Start:2010
Term End:2020
Party:New Progressive Party
Predecessor:Kevin Miguel Rivera
Successor:Edwin García Feliciano
Office2:At-Large Member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives
Term2:1997–2010
Succeeded2:José Torres Zamora
Birth Date:1951 1, mf=yes
Birth Place:Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
Spouse:Roberto Cruz Rodríguez
Profession:Politician

Iris Miriam Ruiz Class (born January 29, 1951) is a Puerto Rican politician who served in the Puerto Rico House of Representatives and currently holds the office of Ombudswoman.

Ruiz, a member of the New Progressive Party, served as At-Large Representative from 1997 to 2010 and as Chairwoman of the New Progressive Party Women's Organization from 2002 to 2010. She was designated by Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño as the Puerto Rico Ombudsman or "Ombudswoman" in March 2010.[1]

She obtained her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Puerto Rico, was a member of the theater group Teatro del 60′ of which she was appointed as its administrator of both the group and its theater hall Sylvia Rexach. She worked as a journalist and was awarded for her television reports

A former television reporter, she is married to former Representative Roberto Cruz Rodríguez, a member of the opposition Popular Democratic Party.[2]

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  1. News: Iris Miriam Ruiz Class será la nueva Procuradora del Ciudadano. Primera Hora. Antonio R. Gomez. February 12, 2010. February 13, 2010. February 24, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100224093745/http://www.primerahora.com/diario/noticia/politica/noticias/iris_miriam_ruiz_class_sera_la_nueva_procuradora_del_ciudadano/366039. dead.
  2. News: Amor, bodas, y controversias entre políticos. El Nuevo Día. Frances Rosario. February 7, 2012.