Jorge Colberg Toro
| Jorge Colberg Toro | |
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| At-Large Member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives | |
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In office February 26, 2003 – January 26, 2013 |
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| Succeeded by | Luisa Gándara |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 7, 1965 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Political party | Popular Democratic Party (PPD) |
| Children | Jorge Ernesto Daniel Felipe |
| Alma mater | Interamerican University, Metro Campus |
Jorge Colberg Toro (born October 7, 1965) is a Puerto Rican politician. He served as a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives from 2003 to 2013. He also was Secretary for Public Affairs for the former governors Sila M. Calderon and Alejandro García Padilla and Secretary General of the Popular Democratic Party (PDP). Currently, he is a political, legislative and government consultant, a speechwriter and a political analyst.
Jorge Colberg Toro was born on October 7, 1965 in Río Piedras. His parents are Severo Colberg Ramírez, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Eva Toro Franquiz, a college professor and former Student Dean at the University of Puerto Rico. His older brother, Severo, was also a member of the House of Representatives from 1993 to 2004.
Colberg Toro completed his elementary and high school at the University High School (UHS) of the University of Puerto Rico. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Political Science Magna Cum Laude (GPA 3.85) from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico at Metro Campus. He also participated in a summer program on Political Science for Public Officials and Advisors at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Currently, Colberg is in the Public Administration Master's Degree Program at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico.
From 1989 to 1996, Colberg Toro served as Special Advisor, Director of Programming and Press Secretary of then-Mayor of San Juan, Héctor Luis Acevedo. Because of his work, he received the Felisa Rincón de Gautier Award for distinguished public servant in 1995. The next year, he was appointed as Press Secretary for the Popular Democratic Party (PDP). He also worked as adviser in communications from 1997 to 2001.
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