Attorney José Ortiz Dalliot is a former director of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration

Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration

The Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration represents the Government of Puerto Rico before federal, state, and local governments, promotes the Governor of Puerto Rico's economic and public policy initiatives to achieve a better quality of life for the four million U.S...

 (PRFAA) and a former member of the Senate of Puerto Rico

Senate of Puerto Rico

The Senate of Puerto Rico is the upper house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, the territorial legislature of Puerto Rico. The Senate is composed of 27 senators, representing eight constituent senatorial districts across the commonwealth, with two senators elected per district; an...

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A practicing attorney, Ortiz Dalliot served at PRFAA during Governor Rafael Hernández Colón

Rafael Hernández Colón

Rafael Hernández Colón is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the fourth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for three non-consecutive terms, from 1973 to 1977 and from 1985 to 1993. An experienced politician, Hernández holds the record for being the youngest Governor of Puerto Rico,...

's administration.

In 2000 he was elected, along with professor Margarita Ostolaza

Margarita Ostolaza

Professor Margarita Ostolaza is a former member of the Senate of Puerto Rico.Margarita Ostolaza was born in Cayey, Puerto Rico. After carrying out her graduate studies at New York University , she started teaching in the Cayey campus of the University of Puerto Rico where in 1986, she founded the...

 as Senator from the district of San Juan. The San Juan senatorial district comprises the municipality of San Juan and a small portion of the municipality of Guaynabo. During his only term in office, Ortiz Dalliot authored many laws, including the one that created San Juan's Ecological Corridor. In 2004, they were defeated in their attempt for reelection by Roberto Arango and Carlos Díaz

Carlos Díaz (politician)

Carlos Díaz-Sánchez was a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives from 1996 to 2000 and the Senate of Puerto Rico from 2004 to 2008.-Background:...

, the current senators from San Juan.

Contrary to Ostolaza, Ortiz Dalliot is not running for elective office in the 2008 election cycle.