Carlos Alberto López Rivera (born September 14, 1958) is a Puerto Rican politician and current mayor of

Dorado Dorado () is a constellation in the southern sky. It was named in the late 16th century and is now one of the 88 modern constellations. Its name refers to the dolphinfish (''Coryphaena hippurus''), which is known as ''dorado'' in Spanish, altho ...

. López is affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) and has served as mayor since 1987.

Early years and studies

Carlos Alberto López Rivera was born in

on September 14, 1958 to Pedro López Maldonado and Ana Rivera. He graduated from the José S. Alegría High School and then completed a

Bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

in Business Management, with a major in Accounting and Finances, from the

University of Puerto Rico The University of Puerto Rico ( es, Universidad de Puerto Rico, UPR) is the main public university system in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It is a government-owned corporation with 11 campuses and approximately 58,000 students and 5,3 ...

Political career

López was first sworn in as mayor of Dorado on August 3, 1987 succeeding

Alfonso López Chaar Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. ...

. He was then officially elected at the 1988 general elections. He has been reelected in

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

Elecciones Generales 2008: Alcalde de Dorado
on CEEPUR and 2012. In 1997, López was convicted for crimes against public order but never served time. His case can be looked up in th

under case number G4CR199700460.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez Rivera, Carlos 1958 births Mayors of places in Puerto Rico Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico) politicians Living people People from Dorado, Puerto Rico University of Puerto Rico alumni