Isidro A. Negrón Irizarry (born December 3, 1956) is a
Puerto Rican politician and former mayor of
San Germán, the second oldest city in
Puerto Rico.
Early years and studies
Isidro Negrón was born on December 3, 1956. He lived for the first 25 years of his life in Las Lomas Housing Project in San Germán, with his mother Maria E. Irizarry. Negrón first attended Julio Víctor Guzmán School and Lola Rodríguez de Tió High School, both in his hometown of San Germán.
He graduated from the
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico San Germán campus with a
Bachelor of Science in
Biology. Afterwards he got his
Master of Science in
Marine Science from the
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
The University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus (UPRM) or Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez (RUM) in Spanish (also referred to as Colegio and CAAM in allusion to its former name), is a public land-grant university in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. UPRM ...
. Subsequently he completed his post graduate with a Master of Science in Medical Technology from the School of Medical Technology of the Inter American University of Puerto Rico, graduating ''Summa Cum Laude'' in 1985, having obtained the highest grades in the Clinical Practice and Medical Microbiology. He appeared in the Dean's Honor List of the Inter American University of Puerto Rico during all his years of his Bachelor's degree
Negrón is a member of
Phi Sigma Alpha
Phi Sigma Alpha (), commonly known as La Sigma, is a Puerto Rican fraternities and sororities, Puerto Rican fraternity originally established as the Sigma Delta Alpha Fraternity (Sociedad de Amigos) on October 22, 1928, at the University of Puert ...
fraternity.
Political career
Negrón ran unsuccessfully as a candidate to the
Puerto Rico House of Representatives in 1996. In 2000, he ran for the position of mayor of
San Germán and won. He was reelected in
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
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,
2008
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, 2012 and 2016.
Personal life
Negrón is married with Doris Zapata Padilla, who is the Director of the Service Center of Special Education for Handicapped Children of the
Department of Education of Puerto Rico. They have four children together: Sheila, Samuel, Nicollemarie and Michael Rafael.
References
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1956 births
Living people
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico alumni
Mayors of places in Puerto Rico
People from San Germán, Puerto Rico
Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico) politicians