Juan Dalmau

Not to be confused with José Luis Dalmau.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Dalmau and the second or maternal family name is Ramírez.

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, and was a candidate for governor in the 2012, 2020 and 2024 elections, with the nomination of the PIP and the Citizen Victory Movement.

Juan Dalmau
Dalmau in 2017
Member of the Puerto Rico Senate from the at-large district
In office January 2, 2017 – January 2, 2021
Personal details
Born	Juan Manuel Dalmau Ramírez (1973-07-23) July 23, 1973 (age 51) San Juan, Puerto Rico
Political party	Puerto Rican Independence Party
Education	University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras (BA, JD) Harvard University (LLM)
Website	Campaign website

Education

Juan Dalmau Ramírez graduated from Notre Dame High School in Caguas, Puerto Rico. 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, Dalmau graduated from Harvard University Law School’s Graduate Program, earning his LL.M.^[1][2]

Career

Dalmau also worked as a law professor, before politics.^[3] 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.^[4] 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’s candidate for governor in 2012 and 2020, getting 2.54% and 13.54% respectively.^[5][6]

In 2020, several days after the election, Dalmau announced he would join the political analysis team of local news chain Noticentro al amanecer.^[7] He ran again for governor in 2024, where he came in second with 31.82% of the vote.^[8] His platform contained a focus on animal welfare;^[9] the first gubernatorial candidate in Puerto Rico to cover the topic in his campaign.^[10] Dalmau also campaigned against the tax advantages granted to the rich who come to Puerto Rico.^[11]

Family life

Dalmau Ramirez is married and has two children.^[12]

See also

• Latin American and Caribbean Congress in Solidarity with Puerto Rico’s Independence
• Manuel Rodríguez Orellana - PIP Secretary of Relations with North America

References

1. Biografía de Juan Dalmau. Official website of the candidate to Governor by the Partido Independentista Puertorriqueno. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
2. Juan Dalmau: Candidato a Gobernador por el PIP. WAPA-TV. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
3. "Juan Dalmau Ramírez Administro un puesto de arepas venezolanas". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
4. "Review: FBI killing of Puerto Rican militant justified". Sun Journal. (AP). 10 August 2006. p. A7. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
5. "Voto 2020: Entrevista al candidato del PIP, Juan Dalmau". Telemundo Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-01.
6. "Juan Dalmau presenta su equipo de campaña 2012". www.noticel.com. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
7. "Juan Dalmau será analista político de "Noticentro Al Amanecer"". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-01.
8. "Juan Dalmau Ramírez Administro un puesto de arepas venezolanas". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
9. "Juan Dalmau propone registro de mascotas con microchips para abordar la sobrepoblación animal". elnuevodia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-04.
10. "Juan Dalmau detalla su propuesta para el bienestar de los animales". elvocero.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-05.
11. "Lawyer Vowing to Scrap Perks to the Rich Upends Puerto Rico Vote". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
12. Juan Dalmau Ramírez. El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 8 November 2012.

External links

• Construyamos Juntos la Patria Nueva: Juan Manuel Dalmau Ramírez. "Biografia Juan Dalmau, Gobernador." (Timeline biography of Juan Dalmau.) 2020. Accessed 1 October 2020.