Rafael Rodríguez Vargas is a
Puerto Rican politician and former senator. He was a member of the
Senate of Puerto Rico
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from 2001 to 2004 representing the
Popular Democratic Party (PPD).
He obtained a degree in Industrial Engineering (BSIE) from the
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
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, a master's degree in International Trade (MBA) Suma Laude from the Metropolitan University of Puerto Rico, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy and Letters with a concentration in History of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean (PhD) from the Center for Advanced Studies of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
Rodríguez first ran for senator at the
1996 general elections
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The elections resulted in a hung parliament with no single party having a clear majority. The Bharatiya Jan ...
but lost to the candidates of the
New Progressive Party. He ran again at the
2000 general elections, winning a seat for the next four years.
At the
2004 general elections, Rodríguez lost to the candidates of the PNP. Rodríguez tried to win a slot for the
2012 general elections, but arrived in fifth place at the
PPD primaries earlier that year.
Primarias PPD 2012
on CEEPUR
References
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Living people
People from Camuy, Puerto Rico
Popular Democratic Party members of the Senate of Puerto Rico
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico