Margarita Ostolaza Bey is a former member of the
Senate of Puerto Rico
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.
Margarita Ostolaza was born in
Cayey
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,
Puerto Rico
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. After carrying out her graduate studies at
New York University
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In 1832, th ...
(NYU), she started teaching in the Cayey campus of the
University of Puerto Rico
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in 1986 where, she founded the Project for Studies of Women. Afterwards, she finished her doctoral studies at the
National Autonomous University of Mexico. Her specialty is political sociology. In 1989, with the editorial assistance of Ediciones Huracán, she published her book "Política Sexual en Puerto Rico" (Sexual Policy in Puerto Rico).
Ostolaza teaches at 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 ...
Río Piedras campus. A former member of the
Puerto Rican Independence Party
The Puerto Rican Independence Party ( es, Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño, PIP) is a social-democratic political party in Puerto Rico that campaigns for the independence of Puerto Rico from the United States.
Those who follow the PIP ...
(PIP), professor Ostolaza was elected Senator from the district of San Juan in the 2000 elections as a candidate of the
Popular Democratic Party (PDP). During her only term in the Senate, she chaired the Committee on Education, and the Committee on Science and Culture. In 2004, she was unsuccessful in her reelection bid, when she and her running mate, Sen.
José Ortiz Dalliot
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In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...
were succeeded by the candidates of the PNP
Roberto Arango
Roberto Arango-Vinent is an American politician who served in the Senate of Puerto Rico from January 2005 until August 2011 representing the San Juan district for the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico (NPP), which is a conservative group der ...
and
Carlos Díaz.
In 2008, Ostolaza ran again, this time for Senator at-large, in the
PPD's March 2008 primaries, appearing in the ballot's No. 12 slot. However, she lost, ending in 8th place, with 6th place or higher being required to win. After that, she has contributed as a columnist for ''
El Nuevo Día
''El Nuevo Día'' (English: ''The New Day'') is the newspaper with the largest circulation in Puerto Rico. It was founded in 1909 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and today it is a subsidiary of GFR Media. Its headquarters are in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
...
''. She is also President of the PPD Women in the
District of San Juan.
References
Sources
Margarita Ostolaza 2008 Campaign Site (In Spanish)
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Cayey, Puerto Rico
Members of the Senate of Puerto Rico
National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
New York University alumni
Puerto Rican academics
Puerto Rican women in politics
University of Puerto Rico faculty
American women academics
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