Name Enrique Negron | Role Legislator | |
Born July 14, 1933 (age 90)
Toa Alta, Puerto Rico ( 1933-07-14 ) Occupation Politician, Senator, Attorney | ||
Enrique Rodriguez Negron (born on July 14, 1933 in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico) served as a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1989 to 2001. From 1993 to 2001, he chaired the Senate Tourism Committee and partnered with then Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company Luis Fortuno in advancing the tourism and economic legislative agenda of the administration of Governor Pedro Rossello. Fortuno is the islands' current Governor. During Senate Judiciary Committee hearings regarding the 1978 Cerro Maravilla events, Rodriguez Negron was an outspoken defender of former Governor Carlos Romero Barcelo.
Prior to his legislative service, Rodriguez Negron served as a Superior Court judge, as President of the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company, as well as State Director for the federal Farmers Home Administration, one of a few Puerto Ricans to have served in prominent positions in all three branches of government, as well as in the Federal government.
He is currently a practicing attorney and developer and resides in Cidra, Puerto Rico.