José Ortiz Daliot Explained

José Ortiz Daliot
State Senate:Puerto Rico
District:San Juan
Term Start:2001
Term End:2005
Birth Date:November 9, 1945
Party:Popular Democratic Party (PPD)
Alma Mater:University of Puerto Rico (BBA)
University of Puerto Rico School of Law (JD)
Occupation:Politician, Senator, Attorney

José Alfredo Ortiz Daliot is a Puerto Rican attorney and politician. He is a former director of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration (PRFAA)[1] and a former member of the Senate of Puerto Rico.[2]

Earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Puerto Rico and a Juris Doctor from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law.

Ortiz Daliot served as counsel for the city and municipality of Mayagüez, which requested inclusion in the receipt of public works capital when the city closed six sugarmills in the 1970s.[3]

Ortiz Daliot served at PRFAA during Governor Rafael Hernández Colón's administration.

In 2000 he was elected, along with professor Margarita Ostolaza as Senator from the District of San Juan.[4] During his only term in office, Ortiz Daliot authored many laws, including the one that created San Juan's Ecological Corridor. In 2004, they were defeated in their attempt for reelection by the candidates of the PNP, Roberto Arango and Carlos Díaz.[5]

After the defeat, Ortiz Daliot returned to his private practice. In recent years, he has returned to the public spotlight for being involved with ALAS (Alliance for Free Sovereign Association), an organization dedicated to promoting the development and evolution of the current political status, the Estado Libre Asociado. The organization criticized the position of the Popular Democratic Party, Ortiz' former party, for the 2012 status referendum.[6] [7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1987: Nondepartmental witnesses . U.S. Government Printing Office . Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 5177 . 1986 . 2020-07-13 . 329.
  2. News: Recetan descanso a Willie. 18 September 2009. El Nuevo Dia. es. 11 July 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120924131825/http://www.elnuevodia.com/Xstatic/endi/template/imprimir.aspx?id=616499&t=3. 24 September 2012.
  3. Book: To Amend and Extend the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Economic Development of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 11 and Related Bills ... . U.S. Government Printing Office . House Hearings 95th cong . 1977 . 2020-07-13 . 987.
  4. http://www.ceepur.org/elecciones2000/escrutinio/senadores.html#I Elecciones Generales 2000: Escrutinio General
  5. http://cee.ceepur.org/recuento/principal.aspx?Cargo=SND&Nivel=DS&L2=1 Elecciones 2004: Recuento
  6. News: ALAS defiende el "No" en la pregunta plebiscito. NotiCel. February 18, 2012.
  7. News: ALAS critica postura de los populares ante el plebiscito. El Nuevo Día. February 12, 2012.
  8. News: Alegan PPD se desenmascara. El Vocero. Díaz, Carmen. June 14, 2012.