Juan Dalmau | |
State Senate: | Puerto Rico |
District: | at-large |
Term Start: | January 2, 2017 |
Term End: | January 2, 2021 |
Birth Name: | Juan Manuel Dalmau Ramírez |
Birth Date: | 23 July 1973 |
Birth Place: | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Party: | Puerto Rican Independence Party |
Education: |
Juan Manuel Dalmau Ramírez (born July 23, 1973) is a Puerto Rican politician, attorney and a candidate for Governor of Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rican Independence Party.[1] He was previously a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico.
Juan Dalmau Ramírez graduated from Notre Dame High School. In 1995 he obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) in Political Sciences, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law three years later.[1]
Juan Dalmau was elected editor-in-chief of the UPR Law School's Law Review Journal. He represented the University of Puerto Rico's Law Review in travels abroad, including a trip to Universitat de Barcelona, in Barcelona, Spain. After graduation, Dalmau served as a law clerk for the Chief Justice of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court. In 2000, Juan Dalmau graduated from Harvard University Law School’s Graduate Program, earning his LL.M.[1] [2]
Dalmau served as a Legislative Adviser for Senator Manuel Rodríguez Orellana and Fernando Martín, before being elected to serve as Party Commissioner in Municipality Affairs and PIP Secretary General.[3] He currently serves as the Electoral Commissioner of the Puerto Rican Independence Party to Puerto Rico's State Electoral Commission (CEE), in addition to his position as secretary general.[2] He was the Puerto Rican Independence Party candidate for governor in 2012 and 2020.[4] [5] In 2020, several days after the Puerto Rico General Election, Dalmau announced he would join the political analysis team of local news chain Noticentro al amanecer.[6] Dalmau is a gubernatorial candidate in the 2024 general election.[7]
Dalmau Ramirez is married and has two children.[8]