Pedro Segarra
| Pedro Segarra | |
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| Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut | |
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In office June 25, 2010 – December 31, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Eddie Perez |
| Succeeded by | Luke Bronin |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 28, 1959 Maricao, Puerto Rico |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Charlie Ortiz |
| Alma mater |
Greater Hartford Community College University of Hartford University of Connecticut University of Connecticut School of Law |
| Profession | attorney, politician |
Pedro E. Segarra (born April 28, 1959) is an American-Puerto Rican politician and former mayor of Hartford, Connecticut. Segarra was appointed to the Hartford City Council through the efforts of then Mayor Eddie Perez. Prior to becoming mayor, Segarra was president of Hartford's City Council. He succeeded former Mayor Eddie Perez who resigned after he was convicted by a state Superior Court jury of bribery and extortion in a political corruption case, though Perez' convictions eventually were reversed by the Connecticut Appellate Court. Segarra, who was sworn in as mayor on June 25, 2010 and won re-election on November 1, 2011. In 2015, Luke Bronin defeated Segarra for the Democratic mayoral nomination. He is Hartford's second mayor of Puerto Rican ancestry and the first openly gay mayor of the city. He is also the second openly gay mayor of an American state capital city (David Cicilline of neighboring Providence, Rhode Island was the first).
Segarra was born in the small rural town of Maricao, Puerto Rico. At age seven his family relocated to the Bronx, New York in search of better opportunities. At the age of fifteen, Segarra moved to Hartford seeking a better life than what he was experiencing in New York City. A resident of Hartford since 1975, Segarra is an alum of Greater Hartford Community College, where he was a founding member of the school's Latino Student Organization. He later earned a full scholarship to the University of Hartford, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science.
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