Luis Ernesto Ramos Yordán

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Ramos and the second or maternal family name is Yordan.
Luis Ernesto Ramos Yordán
21st Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives
In office
1973–1976
Personal details
Born February 5, 1915
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Died January 27, 2005
San Antonio, Texas
Alma mater University of Syracuse

Luis Ernesto Ramos Yordán (February 5, 1915 – January 27, 2005)[1] was a Puerto Rican physician, legislator, and President of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico from 1973 to 1977.

Early years

Ramos Yordán was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on February 5, 1915. He received his degree from the University of Syracuse in Syracuse, New York, and his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. He subsequently did advanced post-graduate work at Columbia University.[2]

Political life

In the 1968 general elections Ramos Yordan was elected to the Puerto Rico House of Representatives as a representative at-large. He is a member of the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico. During his term, he was minority leader in the House. In 1972 he was re-elected and became the speaker of that legislative body.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://ssdmf.info/by_birthdate/19150205.html
  2. 1 2 Biografias: Luis E. Ramos Yordan. Retrieved May 19, 2010. (Spanish)

External links

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