Ernesto Irizarry Salvá
Ernesto Irizarry Salvá | |
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| Mayor of Utuado | |
| Assumed office January 14, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Alan González |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Popular Democratic Party (PPD) |
| Spouse | Mayra Matos |
| Children | Daniela Irizarry Ivana Delgado |
| Alma mater | University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (B.A.) |
Ernesto Irizarry Salvá is a Puerto Rican politician and the current mayor of Utuado. Irizarry is affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) and has served as mayor since 2013.[1] Ernesto Irizarry obtained victory in 2012 with a 50.10% of the electoral vote in Utuado and became the first mayor affiliated with the P.P.D. to win in the last 20 years in the Municipality of Utuado. In the 2016 elections for mayor of Utuado, Ernesto Irizarry Salvá won with 52.44% of the vote while the PNP candidate for mayor only obtained 46%.[2]
On 20 July 2019, Irizarry addressed governor Ricardo Rosselló, saying the infrastructure problems of Utuado were yet to be resolved since Hurricane Maria hit 20 September 2017. He showed video of an area of Utuado that gets bogged down when the river floods, decried his inability to pay workers for work they did after Hurricane Maria, and implored Rosselló to resign as governor of Puerto Rico.[3]
References
- ^ "Alcalde de Utuado, Elecciones Generales 2012". CEEPUR. December 29, 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23.
- ^ "Escrutinio General 77". CEEPUR. December 29, 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-12-21. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
- ^ "Ernesto Irizarry was live 20 July 2019. - Ernesto Irizarry" – via www.facebook.com.