Jorge Díaz Reverón

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
Born (1960-06-01) June 1, 1960 (age 64)
Caguas, Puerto Rico
SpouseWanda Vázquez Garced
ChildrenJorge Álvaro Díaz Rodríguez (alias Alvarito Díaz), Beatriz Díaz Vázquez y Stephanie Díaz Vázquez
Alma materInteramerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law (J.D.)
ProfessionJudge

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

Career

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

In December 2018, amid concerns of unlawful intervention on behalf of his wife, then Attorney General 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 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]

See also

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.
  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.
  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.
  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  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.
  8. ^ Rivera Sánchez, Maricarmen (November 15, 2019). "Vázquez decide vivir en La Fortaleza". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved March 26, 2020.