Henry Neumann Zayas is an attorney, and a former state senator for the District of San Juan (PNP-R) Former

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. After finishing high school entered

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in Washington, D.C., where he earned a Bachelor in business administration with honors in 1972. Once completed University, Served in the United States Army. Returned to the island for study at the

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, where he obtained the degree of Juris Doctor for the 1975. A former basketball player, he served for many years as president of Puerto Rico's

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league. In March 2008, he aspired to become one of the

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's six at-large Senate candidates at the PNP primaries, but ended up in seventh place. In June 2008, he was selected as a member of the

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Organizing Committee. The Games were held in Mayagüez during the summer of 2010. To facilitate the government's collaboration with the Games,

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appointed him to chair a 25-member coordinating committee, composed of Puerto Rico government agency heads. On October 26, 2015, Neumann announced his Senate candidacy on behalf of the

. On June 21, 2022, Neumann announced his resignation to the

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, effective June 30, 2022.
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