Guillermo A. Somoza Colombani is an attorney and the former

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. He holds a BA in Physiology from the

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and obtained a JD from the

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. Somoza was appointed by

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after the resignation of Antonio Sagardía and confirmed by the Puerto Rico Senate in May, 2010. Somoza was appointed in 1997 by then-Governor

Pedro Rosselló Pedro Juan Rosselló González, (; born April 5, 1944) is a Puerto Rican physician and politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001. He was President of the New Progressive Party from 1991 to 1999 and 2003 to 2008, a ...

as a Minors Advocate, a post he held until promoted by Sagardía as head of the Minors and Family Advocates Division of the

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. In August 2018, Somoza was stopped by police for speeding in a Porsche while accompanied by his 17-year old son. He was charged with negligence but the final resolution was to pay a $300 fine.

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