Juan Manuel Dalmau Ramírez (born July 23, 1973) is a Puerto Rican

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, attorney and a 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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, and was a candidate for governor in the 2012, 2020 and 2024 elections, with the nomination of the PIP and the Citizen Victory Movement.

Education

Juan Dalmau Ramírez graduated from Notre Dame High School in

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. 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 University of Puerto Rico School of Law 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, Dalmau graduated from

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Law School’s Graduate Program, earning his

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.''Juan Dalmau: Candidato a Gobernador por el PIP.''
WAPA-TV. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 8 November 2012.

Career

Dalmau also worked as a law professor, before politics. Dalmau served as a Legislative Adviser for Senator

Manuel Rodríguez Orellana Manuel Rodríguez Orellana (born March 7, 1948, in Puerto Rico) is a legal scholar, lawyer, lecturer, columnist, published poet and political leader of the Puerto Rican Independence Movement. He is the son of former Dean of the University of P ...

and Fernando Martín, before being elected to serve as Party Commissioner in Municipality Affairs and PIP Secretary General. He 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

’s candidate for governor in 2012 and 2020, getting 2.54% and 13.54% respectively. In 2020, several days after the election, Dalmau announced he would join the political analysis team of local news chain Noticentro al amanecer. He ran again for governor in

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, where he came in second with 31.82% of the vote. His platform contained a focus on animal welfare; the first gubernatorial candidate in Puerto Rico to cover the topic in his campaign. Dalmau also campaigned against the tax advantages granted to the rich who come to Puerto Rico. In April 2025, Juan Dalmau organized a conference at Harvard University and an academic meeting at the University of Chicago for the Puerto Rican diaspora in the United States.

Personal life

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

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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 Dalmau family Harvard Law School alumni Living people People from Caguas, Puerto Rico Politicians from San Juan, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Independence Party politicians Puerto Rican independence activists Puerto Rican lawyers

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