Fernando Martín García | |
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Member of the Puerto Rico Senate from the At-large district |
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In office 2001–2005 |
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In office 1989-1993 |
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Personal details | |
Nationality | Puerto Rican |
Political party | Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) |
Alma mater |
University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras (B.A.) John F. Kennedy School of Government (M.A.) Harvard Law School (J.D.) |
Profession | Politician, Senator, Professor, Attorney |
Fernando Martín García is a Puerto Rican politician and former Senator. He was a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1989 to 1993, and then from 2000 to 2004.
Fernando Martín García finished his elementary and high school at the Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola in San Juan. He then studied at the University of Puerto Rico receiving his Bachelor's degree with a Major in History in 1969. He then completed his Master's degree in Public Politics from the John F. Kennedy School of Government and his Juris doctor from Harvard Law School in 1974.
Since 1975, Martín García has worked as a Professor of Administrative Law and Ethics Responsibility at the University of Puerto Rico School of Law.
Martín García was candidate for Governor of Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rican Independence Party at the 1984 and 1992 general elections.
At the 1988 elections, Martín García was elected to the Senate of Puerto Rico for the first time. For the 1996 elections, he was a candidate for Senator for the District of San Juan, but lost.