José Ramón Pérez Riera was the former

Secretary of Economic Development and Commerce of Puerto Rico The Secretary of Economic Development and Commerce of Puerto Rico heads the Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce and is the chief economist of the government of Puerto Rico. The Secretary is responsible for the economic de ...

. He served as Chairman of the Board of several public corporations and was named to the Intergovernmental Policy Advisory Committee on Trade, which advises and makes recommendations to the U.S. Trade Representative. Has a Bachelor of Arts from

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

and a Doctor in Law from the

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Georgetown University Law Center alumni Members of the 15th Cabinet of Puerto Rico Secretaries of Economic Development and Commerce of Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-politician-stub