José Rivera Díaz
José Rivera Díaz | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Trujillo Alto | |
| In office 1977–1980 | |
| Preceded by | Elsie Calderón |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Padilla Ayala |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | New Progressive Party (PNP) |
| Spouse | Christa Schätz |
| Children |
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| Occupation | Politician |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Branch/service |  United States Army |
José "Nía" Rivera Díaz is a Puerto Rican businessman and former politician. He was mayor of Trujillo Alto from 1977 to 1980.[1]
Rivera served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in southern West Germany in the early 1960s. There, he met and married Christa Schätz, a German woman. They moved to New York, where they begat Lynda and Thomas (who became a Puerto Rican Senator and President of the Senate of Puerto Rico). In 1966, they moved to Puerto Rico and begat their daughter Sylvia. During his time as mayor for Trijillo Alto he was executive director of the Puerto Rico Mayors Federation.[2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Link To Puerto Rico.com - Trujillo Alto". Archived from the original on 25 June 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ Hernández, Yanira (March 22, 2012). "Su padre hace lo mismo que Roger Iglesias". El Nuevo Día. Archived from the original on March 24, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
- ^ "El Vocero de Puerto Rico". Issuu.com.
- ^ "ADENDI". Archived from the original on 2017-06-27. Retrieved 2017-06-27.