Albita Rivera Ramirez
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Albita Rivera Ramirez is a representative in the Puerto Rican House of Representatives for the Third District of San Juan. Rep. Rivera is a member of the NPP or New Progressive Party
(PNP
in Spanish), which promotes the eventual statehood of the island nation. Previously she held the positions of State Senator (1985–1989) and Director of the Puerto Rican Office of Woman's Affairs.
In 2008 the Puerto Rican Senate passed a bill that would enact a referendum on declaring a Constitutional Amendment to establish marriage as between one man and one woman. Although the plan has some support in the NPP, Rep. Rivera rejected supporting the amendment, at the risk of her future candidacy for her seat in the House of Representatives. She was re-elected in 2008 by a margin of almost 4,000 votes.
To date she is the only woman in Puerto Rican history to be elected from the same Representative District as her mother, former representative Rosa M. Ramírez Pantojas, who served from 1989 to 1993. She is also the only woman to have served in both legislative chambers, as well as the Executive Branch.
New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico
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in Spanish), which promotes the eventual statehood of the island nation. Previously she held the positions of State Senator (1985–1989) and Director of the Puerto Rican Office of Woman's Affairs.
In 2008 the Puerto Rican Senate passed a bill that would enact a referendum on declaring a Constitutional Amendment to establish marriage as between one man and one woman. Although the plan has some support in the NPP, Rep. Rivera rejected supporting the amendment, at the risk of her future candidacy for her seat in the House of Representatives. She was re-elected in 2008 by a margin of almost 4,000 votes.
To date she is the only woman in Puerto Rican history to be elected from the same Representative District as her mother, former representative Rosa M. Ramírez Pantojas, who served from 1989 to 1993. She is also the only woman to have served in both legislative chambers, as well as the Executive Branch.