Enrique Rodríguez Negrón (born July 14, 1933, in

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) served as a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1989 to 2001. From 1993 to 2001, he chaired the Senate Tourism Committee and partnered with then executive director of the

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in advancing the tourism and economic legislative agenda of the administration of Governor

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. During Senate Judiciary Committee hearings regarding the 1978 Cerro Maravilla events, Rodríguez Negrón was an outspoken defender of former

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. Prior to his legislative service, Rodríguez Negrón served as a Superior Court judge, as President of the

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, as well as State Director for the federal Farmers Home Administration, one of a few Puerto Ricans to have served in prominent positions in all three branches of government, as well as in the Federal government. Enrique Rodríguez Negrón was an attorney, judge developer and a

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era

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veteran. He died on November 24, 2022, in

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, at age 89. He was buried at the Jacksonville National Cemetery.

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