Juan Manuel Dalmau Ramírez (born July 23, 1973) is a Puerto Rican politician, attorney and a former candidate for

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for the

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.''Biografía de Juan Dalmau.''
Official website of the candidate to Governor by the ''Partido Independentista Puertorriqueno''. Retrieved 8 November 2012. He was previously a member of the

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Education

Juan Dalmau Ramírez graduated from Notre Dame High School. In 1995 he obtained a bachelor's degree from the

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(UPR) in Political Sciences, and a

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from the

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three years later. Juan Dalmau was elected editor-in-chief of the UPR Law School's Law Review Journal. He represented the University of Puerto Rico's Law Review in travels abroad, including a trip to

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, in

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. After graduation, Dalmau served as a

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for the Chief Justice of the

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. In 2000, Juan Dalmau graduated from

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Law School’s Graduate Program, earning his LL.M.''Juan Dalmau: Candidato a Gobernador por el PIP.''
WAPA-TV. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 8 November 2012.

Career

Since then, Dalmau-Ramírez has served as a Legislative Adviser for Senator

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and Fernando Martín, before being elected to serve as Party Commissioner in Municipality Affairs and PIP Secretary General. Juan Dalmau-Ramírez currently serves as the Electoral Commissioner of the

to Puerto Rico's State Electoral Commission (CEE), in addition to his position as secretary general. He was the

candidate for governor in 2012 and 2020. In 2020, several days after the Puerto Rico General Election, Dalmau announced he would join the political analysis team of local news chain Noticentro al amanecer.

Family life

Dalmau Ramirez is married and has two children.''Juan Dalmau Ramírez.''
El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 8 November 2012.

References

External links

''Construyamos Juntos la Patria Nueva: Juan Manuel Dalmau Ramírez.''
"Biografia Juan Dalmau, Gobernador." (Timeline biography of Juan Dalmau.) 2020. Accessed 1 October 2020. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dalmau, Juan 1973 births Harvard Law School alumni Living people People from Caguas, Puerto Rico People from San Juan, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Independence Party politicians Puerto Rican independence activists Puerto Rican lawyers

Education

Career

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