Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl | |
Alt: | Colour photo headshot of Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl |
Caption: | Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl |
Birth Date: | 5 March 1959 (64 years old) |
Birth Place: | Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Nationality: | Puerto Rican |
Occupation: | Senator of Puerto Rico, Professor, former candidate for governor of Puerto Rico (2012, 2016) |
Education: | Princeton University, State University of New York[1] |
Party: | Citizens' Victory Movement |
Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl (born 5 March 1959) is a Puerto Rican historian, sociologist, professor and politician who currently serves as a member of the Puerto Rico Senate representing the Citizens’ Victory Movement since 2021. [2] He was the candidate for governor for the Working People's Party of Puerto Rico in 2012 and 2016. He has socialist beliefs and ideals, and is heavily critical of the New Progressive Party and Popular Democratic Party.[3]
Bernabe was born in 1959, in the municipality of Santurce, Puerto Rico. He grew up in Río Piedras.