Rubén Berríos Martínez
| Rubén Ángel Berríos Martínez | |
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| Puerto Rico Senator at large | |
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In office 1993–1996 |
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In office 1984–1988 |
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In office 1972–1976 |
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June 21, 1939 Aibonito, Puerto Rico |
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| Political party | PIP |
| Alma mater | Oxford University; Yale Law School; Georgetown University |
| Occupation | Law professor, President of the Puerto Rican Independence Party, politician |
 You may listen to one of the speeches made by Rubén Berríos before a Congressional Hearing on YouTube
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Rubén Ángel Berríos Martínez (born June 21, 1939) is a Puerto Rican politician, attorney, and writer, and the current president of the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP). A former three-time Senator, Berríos is a recurring PIP candidate for Governor of Puerto Rico for three decades, although not consecutively for each elective term.
He led the Navy-Culebra protests and is a leader for the Cause of Vieques.
Berríos was born in Aibonito, Puerto Rico. He attended high school at Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola (class of 1957). He received his bachelor's degree in business administration and economy from Georgetown University in 1961, his juris doctor and master's degree in law from Yale University (Yale Law School), and his doctoral degree in international rights from Oxford University. He also did some post-doctoral research in Sweden. His first wife was Swedish and his son Rubén was born in ). He has been a tenured professor of law at the University of Puerto Rico School of Law since 1967.
Berríos became president of the Independence Party PIP when he was thirty-one years old and has been president of it five times. Under his leadership, the PIP adopted a democratic socialist program. Although he has had limited success at the voting booth regarding his candidacy for the post of Governor of Puerto Rico in 1976, 1980, 1988, 2000 and 2004 — losing every time to either the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) or the New Progressive Party (PNP) candidate — he, nevertheless, has enjoyed great electoral success regarding his candidacy to the Senate, receiving more votes than any other candidate in the Puerto Rican senatorial elections of 1972, 1984, 1992 and 1996.
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