Norma Carranza De León is a Puerto Rican politician from the New Progressive Party (PNP). She served as member of the

Senate of Puerto Rico The Senate of Puerto Rico ( es, Senado de Puerto Rico) is the upper house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, the territorial legislature of Puerto Rico. The Senate, together with the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico, control th ...

from 1993 to 2001. He has a Bachelor's degree in Sciences of the nutrition 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 ...

, a master's degree in that subject at

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, and a doctorate in medicine from the Dominican University. Carranza was elected to the

in the 1992 general election. She represented the District of Arecibo, along with Víctor Marrero Padilla. Carranza was reelected at the 1996 general election. Carranza ran for a third term at the 2000 general elections, but was defeated by the candidates of the PPD. Since her departure from Puerto Rican politics, Norma Carranza, returned to the private medical practice.

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Living people New Progressive Party members of the Senate of Puerto Rico People from Hatillo, Puerto Rico Tulane University School of Medicine alumni University of Puerto Rico alumni 20th-century Puerto Rican women politicians 20th-century Puerto Rican politicians Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Puerto Rican women politicians 21st-century Puerto Rican politicians {{PuertoRico-bio-stub

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