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Luis Fortuño

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Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset (born 31 October 1960) is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, from 2009 to 2013. Fortuño served as the first secretary of economic development and commerce of Puerto Rico (1994–1997), as the executive director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (1993–1994), and as the president of the Puerto Rico Hotel Development Corporation during the administration of Pedro Rosselló. In 2004, Fortuño was elected resident commissioner of Puerto Rico, defeating Senator Roberto Prats. As resident commissioner, Fortuño represented Puerto Rico in the United States House of Representatives from 2005 to 2009; during his tenure, he served as Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Conference, as a Member of the newly created United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Insular Affairs and as co-chair of the Friends of Spain Caucus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luis Fortuño is the 17,908th most popular politician (up from 17,931st in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Puerto Rico and the 5th most popular Puerto Rican Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Luis Fortuño ranks 17,908 out of 19,576. Before him are Bernard Makuza, David Amess, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, Judit Varga, Thomas Hart Benton, and Stuart Symington. After him are Lubomír Zaorálek, Patsy Mink, Mustafa Şentop, Willy Telavi, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, and Robert F. Stockton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Luis Fortuño ranks 622. Before him are Michelle Paver, Olivia Brown, William Monahan, Terence Winter, Jutta Behrendt, and Olivier Lenglet. After him are Beate Eriksen, Katrina Leskanich, Masaaki Yanagishita, Hyapatia Lee, Pornsak Songsaeng, and Wang Yifu.

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In Puerto Rico

Among people born in Puerto Rico, Luis Fortuño ranks 48 out of 77. Before him are Holly Woodlawn (1946), Olga Tañón (1967), Carlos Ponce (1972), Monica Puig (1993), Primo Colón (1982), and Félix Trinidad (1973). After him are J. J. Barea (1984), Ivy Queen (1972), Dayanara Torres (1974), Zuleyka Rivera (1987), Ozuna (1992), and Anuel AA (1992).

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Among POLITICIANS In Puerto Rico

Among politicians born in Puerto Rico, Luis Fortuño ranks 5. Before him are Ramón Emeterio Betances (1827), Luis Muñoz Marín (1898), Sila María Calderón (1942), and Pedro Pierluisi (1959). After him are Wanda Vázquez Garced (1960), Alejandro García Padilla (1971), and Ricardo Rosselló (1979).

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