Roberto Arango
| Roberto Arango | |
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| Puerto Rican Senate Majority Speaker | |
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In office 2009-2011 |
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| Preceded by | Margarita Nolasco |
| Succeeded by | Larry Seilhamer |
| Member of the Puerto Rico Senate from the San Juan district |
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In office January 2005 – August 28, 2011 |
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Roberto Arango-Vinent September 28 Miami, Florida |
| Citizenship | United States |
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United States Puerto Rican Cuban |
| Political party | New Progressive Party |
| Spouse(s) | Ana Margarita Barba |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Louisiana State University |
| Occupation | Food importer and wholesaler |
| Religion | Catholic |
Roberto Arango-Vinent is a Cuban American, openly gay politician who served in the Senate of Puerto Rico from January 2005 until August 2011 representing the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico (NPP) which is a conservative group derived from the Republican Statehood Party. Arango represented the San Juan district and voted for anti-gay legislation several times.
The married senator resigned his position after a series of nude photos were made public from the gay match website Grindr were made public. In addition he admitted that he was gay and returned to the private sector.
Arango was born in the city of Miami in the United States. Both of his parents were Cuban.
Arango studied at Colegio San Ignacio in San Juan. He then graduated from Louisiana State University (LSU) receiving a Bachelor's degree in Marketing and Technology. After that, he worked as a food importer and wholesaler, which led him to make a point in his first campaign that he came from the private sector and was not a career politician.
After graduating, Arango worked for Procter & Gamble in several managerial positions.
In 1989, Arango founded his own food distribution company called Intercontinental Food Distributors. In 2003, he was named Young Entrepreneur of the year by the Business Men and Women International Alliance (AIHME).
Arango decided to run for Senator for the San Juan District on the 2004 general elections. During the PNP primaries, he was the top vote-getter for San Juan district senator. In the general election on November 4, 2004 he was also the top vote-getter. He and running mate Carlos Díaz defeated incumbent Popular Democratic Party senators Margarita Ostolaza and José Ortiz Dalliot. Upon taking office, Senate President appointed him chairman of the Senate Commerce, Tourism and Infrastructure Committee, a post he held until May 2005. That year, Senator and former Governor Pedro Rosselló made an unsuccessful attempt to wrest the Presidency of the Senate away from McClintock, but after Arango through his support to Rosselló, McClintock removed him from his Committee leadership position.
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