Jesús Colón Berlingeri | |
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Mayor of Orocovis | |
Assumed office 1998 |
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Preceded by | Jesús Colón Collazo |
Personal details | |
Born | Orocovis, Puerto Rico |
Political party | New Progressive Party (PNP) |
Jesús Edgardo Colón Berlingeri is a Puerto Rican politician and the current mayor of Orocovis. Colón is affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP) and has served as mayor since the death of his predecessor and father, Jesús Colón Collazo, in 1998. Colón was then officially elected by the people in 2000. In 1982 starts courses College in the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey graduating is in 1987 with Bachelor in Social science and a Masters from Penn State University. In 1988 he married Odette Piñeiro, Puerto Rico's former Secretary of Education and fellow Penn State alumni, from whom he is separated. They have two sons.