José Carlos Aponte Dalmau (born March 2, 1965) is a Puerto Rican politician and current mayor of

Carolina, Puerto Rico Carolina (; ) is a city and municipality located on the northeast coast of Puerto Rico. It lies immediately east of the capital San Juan and Trujillo Alto; north of Gurabo and Juncos; and west of Canóvanas and Loíza. Carolina is spread ove ...

. Aponte is the son of longtime mayor of Carolina,

José Aponte de la Torre José Ernesto Aponte de la Torre (December 5, 1941 – May 5, 2007) was a Puerto Rican politician, and was the mayor of Carolina, Puerto Rico for 22 years. Biography Aponte de la Torre was born and raised in Cayey, Puerto Rico in 1941. He was ...

and Carmen Idalia "Daly" Dalmau. He completed his fourth year of high school at Luz América Calderon in Carolina, and subsequently studied secondary education in Civil Engineering at the

Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico The Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (PUPR) (commonly referred as Poly or La Poly in Spanish) is a private university in San Juan, Puerto Rico. PUPR offers technical degrees with a special focus on engineering professions. History Polytechn ...

where he completed a Bachelor degree. When his father died on May 5, 2007, José Carlos announced his availability to continue his father's work. He was sworn on May 10, 2007. He was officially elected at the 2008 general elections. As mayor, he was appointed to the EPA's Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) and Small Community Advisory Subcommittee.

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José Carlos Aponte Dalmau Profile
on

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