Ramón Ruiz Nieves is a Puerto Rican politician from the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). Ruiz was elected to 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 ...

in 2012. Ruiz was elected once again in the election in 2020 as District Senator. Ruiz was born in

Arecibo Arecibo (; ) is a city and municipality on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, located north of Utuado and Ciales; east of Hatillo; and west of Barceloneta and Florida. It is about west of San Juan, th ...

. He has a

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in Administration and Labor Law. Ruiz has also worked as a

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. He is currently married, with three children, and lives in

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. Ruiz ran for a seat in the

under the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). After winning a spot on the 2012 primaries, he was elected on the

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to represent the District of Ponce. Ruiz won primary in 2020 for District Senator and obtained victory in General Elections in November 2020 under the Popular Democratic Party. Once again being the Senator representing the District of Ponce.

References

Ramón Ruiz Profile
on ''

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'' Living people People from Arecibo, Puerto Rico Members of the Senate of Puerto Rico Popular Democratic Party members of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico 1965 births {{PuertoRico-bio-stub

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