Francisco Parés Alicea () is a Puerto Rican accountant and government official, serving as the

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since January 2019.

Biography

Parés was born . He completed a bachelor's of business administration in accounting at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. Parés earned a Master of Science in taxation from

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. Parés is a

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and worked for Deloitte. He later became the assistant secretary for internal review and tax policy areas in the Puerto Rico Department of Treasury. In July 2019, he was nominated by Governor

Ricardo Rosselló Ricardo Antonio Rosselló Nevares (; born March 7, 1979) is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 2017 to 2019. He resigned on August 2, 2019, after protests related to the Telegramgate scandal. He is the s ...

to succeed Raúl Maldonado as

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References

1988 births 21st-century American businesspeople Deloitte people Living people Northeastern University alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Puerto Rican accountants Secretaries of Treasury of Puerto Rico University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus alumni {{PuertoRico-bio-stub