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Marcos Irizarry
Marcos A. "Turín" Irizarry Pagán (born March 17, 1954) is a Puerto Rican politician and was the mayor of Lajas (1997–2009, 2013–2021). Irizarry is affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) and has served as mayor for two separate instances. He first served from 1997 to 2009, and was reelected again in 2013. Marcos Irizarry has an associate degree at the level of master's degree in mathematics at the University of Phoenix holds 30 credits at the level of master's degree in administration and Supervision. Until 1987, Irizarry served as Professor and supervisor of mathematics of the District School of Lajas, while teaching several courses at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico The Inter American University of Puerto Rico (Spanish: ''Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico''; often abbreviated to ''UIPR'' or ''Inter'') is a private Christian university with its main campus in San Germán, Puerto Rico. It also has c ..., San German campus. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lajas, Puerto Rico
Lajas (, ) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Lajas Valley in southwestern Puerto Rico, on the southern coast of the island, bordering the Caribbean Sea, south of San Germán and Sabana Grande; east of Cabo Rojo; and west of Guánica. Lajas is spread over 11 barrios plus Lajas Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It is part of the San Germán-Cabo Rojo Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Located at the Lajas Valley, the town was founded in 1883 by the Xueta Teodoro Jacome Pagan. Xuetes (Chuetas) were Majorcan Jews (Sephardi Catalan Jews). Some families changed their names from ''Jacome'' to the Castilian form Santiago. Jacome is the Mallorquin form of James (Ia'akov). Catalan Jews from Majorca were part of the early settlers in the South of ( Boriken) (Puerto Rico). Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became a territory of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Cotte
Leovigildo "Leo" Cotte is a Puerto Rican politician and former mayor of Lajas. Cotte is affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP) and served as mayor from 2009 to 2013. References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Cotte, Leo Living people Mayors of places in Puerto Rico New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico) politicians People from Lajas, Puerto Rico Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Rivera Nazario
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the English county of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
