Carmelo Ríos Santiago
| Carmelo Ríos Santiago | |
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| Member of the Puerto Rico Senate from the Bayamón district |
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Assumed office 2005 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 21, 1973 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Political party | New Progressive Party |
| Alma mater |
Valencia Community College Bethune-Cookman University (B.A.) Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (J.D.) |
| Profession | Politician, Attorney |
Carmelo J. Ríos Santiago (born May 21, 1973 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican politician and Senator. He has been a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico since 2005.
Carmelo Ríos was born on May 21, 1973 in San Juan, Puerto Rico to Carmelo Ríos Nazario and Lydia Santiago Estrella. He studied at the Ramón Marín Elementary School in Guaynabo and in 1991, he entered Florida Air Academy in the US.
That same year, he started his college studies in Orlando receiving an associate degree in Economy from Valencia Community College. In 1993, he transferred to Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Economy.
In 1995, he entered the Law Faculty of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico becoming part of the Student Bar Association and the Law Students National Association and the Council of Students. In 1998, he obtained his Juris doctor.
Ríos started working as a lawyer, and as a legal aide of the Commissioner of Municipal Affairs, and Director of the Lawsuit Division of the Corporation of State Insurance Fund. In 2001, he started his own law firm specializing in Administrative, Civil, and Penal Law.
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