Jorge Díaz Reverón

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Reverón.
Jorge Díaz Reverón
First Gentleman of Puerto Rico
In role
August 7, 2019 – January 2, 2021
GovernorWanda Vázquez Garced
Preceded byBeatriz Rosselló (de jure)
Vacant (de facto)
Succeeded byVacant
Personal details
BornJune 1, 1960
Caguas, Puerto Rico
Spouse(s)Wanda Vázquez Garced
Children2
ProfessionJudge

Jorge Díaz Reverón is a Puerto Rican judge. He was the First Gentleman of Puerto Rico and husband of Wanda Vázquez Garced. Díaz Reverón is a superior court judge in Caguas.

Career[]

Díaz Reverón graduated in 1987 from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law. Began serving as a judge in December 2009 under the administration of Governor Luis Fortuño.[1] He is a superior court judge in criminal matters at Caguas, Puerto Rico.[2]

In December 2018, amid concerns of unlawful intervention on behalf of his wife, then Secretary of Justice Wanda Vázquez Garced, Díaz Reverón was removed from the chamber.[1][3] The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, ordered an investigation based on judicial ethical concerns which later found no probable cause.[4]

He became the First Gentleman of Puerto Rico on August 7, 2019.[2] In 2021 governor Pedro Pierluisi ascended him to an appeals court a move which his wife had considered while she was governor.[5][6]

Personal life[]

Díaz Reverón is married to politician and attorney Wanda Vázquez Garced. They have two daughters.[7] From August 7, 2019 until January 2, 2021, they resided in La Fortaleza, the official mansion residence of the Governor of Puerto Rico.[8]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b De Jesús Salamán, Adriana (August 14, 2019). "Gobernadora y su esposo juez han enfrentado cuestionamientos éticos". Noticel (in Spanish). Retrieved March 26, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b "Jorge Diaz-Reveron". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  3. ^ Cortés Chico, Ricardo (December 11, 2019). "Wanda Vázquez defiende a su esposo, el juez Díaz Reverón, de señalamiento ético". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). Retrieved March 26, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ De Jesús Salamán, Adriana (March 21, 2019). "Libre de culpa ética juez Díaz Reverón, esposo de la Secretaria de Justicia". Noticel (in Spanish). Retrieved March 26, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Pedro Pierluisi nombra al esposo de Wanda Vázquez al Tribunal de Apelaciones". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). April 28, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  6. ^ VOCERO, Maricarmen Rivera Sánchez, EL. "Gobernador explica decisión de ascender al esposo de Wanda Vázquez". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  7. ^ Rivera Sánchez, Maricarmen (May 12, 2019). "Hijas de la gobernadora son primeras damas en calidad de voluntarias". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved March 26, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Rivera Sánchez, Maricarmen (November 15, 2019). "Vázquez decide vivir en La Fortaleza". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved March 26, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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