Abel Nazario

Abel Nazario
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Member of the Puerto Rico Senate at large
Assumed office
January 2, 2017
Mayor of Yauco
In office
January 2, 2001 – January 2, 2017
Preceded by Pedro Jaime Torres
Succeeded by Ángel Luis Torres Ortiz
Personal details
Born June 24, 1970
Springfield, Massachusetts
Political party New Progressive Party (PNP)
Residence Yauco, City, Puerto Rico
Alma mater Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico
Occupation Politician

Abel Nazario Quiñones (born June 24, 1970) is currently a senator at large of the 26th Senate of Puerto Rico and was mayor of Yauco, Puerto Rico. He was first elected in 2000 representing the New Progressive Party (PNP). He was reelected in 2004, 2008 and 2012.[1][2][3][4] Nazario is also the Vicepresident[5] of the PNP and also for the local Republican Party[6]. He was arrested on September 12th, 2018 by the FBI for illegal appropriation of federal funds.[7]


Political career

Prior to serving as mayor, Nazario served as staff director of the Senate of Puerto Rico Committee on Tourism, chaired by then-senator Enrique Rodríguez Negrón. As such, he was instrumental in the passage of most of the bills in then executive director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company Luis Fortuño's legislative agenda, including a new Casino Law. Fortuño later on became Governor of Puerto Rico in 2008 in what was the biggest margin of any election in Puerto Rico.[8] On his actual working days, Abel Nazario is known for being one of the many mayors to reduce his salary from $3,000 (2012 amount) to $1,500 (actual salary).[9][10]

After serving as mayor of Yauco for 16 years, Nazario successfully as senator-at-large in the 206 General Election. As of 2017, he is the president of the Senate of Puerto Ricos Committee on Education and University Reform|Education and University Reform.[11]

FBI Arrest

On September 12, 2018, Senator Nazario was arrested at 6am by FBI agents as part of an ongoing investigation into misuse of public funds and corruption. [12]


References

  1. ↑ "CEE Event". 64.185.222.182. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  2. ↑ Elecciones Generales 2000: Alcalde de Yauco on CEEPUR
  3. ↑ Elecciones Generales 2004: Alcalde de Yauco Archived 12 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine. on CEEPUR
  4. ↑ Elecciones Generales 2008: Alcalde de Yauco on CEEPUR
  5. ↑ @Cindy_Andreina, Cindy Burgos. "Pierluisi les sale al paso a los "cizañeros"". Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  6. ↑ "Partido Republicano de Puerto Rico revalida escaños en Asamblea en Yauco". Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  7. ↑ https://www.metro.pr/pr/noticias/2018/09/12/arrestan-al-senador-abel-nazario.html
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ Alcaldes con unos sueldos de envidia Archived 25 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine. from Primera Hora
  10. ↑ Frances Rosario (September 22, 2011). "Los alcaldes penepés son los mejor pagos". El Nuevo Día.
  11. ↑ http://senado.pr.gov/senadores/HONABELNAZARIOQUINONES/Pages/default.aspx
  12. ↑ https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/seguridad/nota/elfbiarrestaalsenadorabelnazario-2446773/

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