Ángel Pérez Otero | |
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Mayor of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico | |
Assumed office August 18, 2017 |
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Preceded by | Hector O'Neill |
Personal details | |
Born |
Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico |
September 18, 1970
Political party | New Progressive Party (PNP) |
Spouse(s) | Liza Fernández (2006-present) |
Children | Angel Gabriel Valeria Angélica (b. 2007) Lorena Angeliz (b. 2008) |
Alma mater | Metropolitan University |
Angel Pérez Otero (born September 18, 1970) is a Puerto Rican politician, who is the mayor of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. He was a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives from 2005 to 2012.
Pérez was first elected to the House of Representatives at the 2004 general election. He represented the District 6. He was reelected at the 2008 general election.
Pérez is married to former fellow Representative and Senator Liza Fernández Rodríguez, who was appointed by Governor Luis Fortuño in 2012 as a Superior Court Judge.
Angel Pérez Otero was born September 18, 1970 in Río Piedras. He is the oldest of five siblings. Pérez completed his elementary and high school studies in Guaynabo, graduating from Margarita Janer High School.
In 1992, Pérez completed a Bachelor's degree in Business Management, with a major in Accounting, from the Metropolitan University. He graduated Magna cum laude.
Pérez began working at the Office of Human Resources of Guaynabo in 1991. Two years later, he started working at the Office of the Comptroller of Puerto Rico, until 1995. That year, he returned to work at the Budget Office of Guaynabo.
Pérez began his political career as President of the NPP Youth, and then as Vicepresident of the party in Guaynabo.
In January 2004, Pérez was elected to the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico representing District 6, replacing the former Mayor of Cataño, Wilson Soto.