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Margarita Ostolaza

Margarita Ostolaza

Puerto Rican politician

Margarita Ostolaza Bey is a former member of the Senate of Puerto Rico.

Quick Facts Member of the Puerto Rico Senate from the San Juan district, Personal details ...

Margarita Ostolaza was born in Cayey, Puerto Rico. After carrying out her graduate studies at New York University (NYU), she started teaching in the Cayey campus of the University of Puerto Rico where in 1986, she founded the Project for Studies of Women. Afterwards, she finished her doctoral studies at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Her specialty is political sociology. In 1989, with the editorial assistance of Ediciones Huracán, she published her book "Política Sexual en Puerto Rico" (Sexual Policy in Puerto Rico).

Ostolaza teaches at the University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras campus. A former member of the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP), professor Ostolaza was elected Senator from the district of San Juan in the 2000 elections as a candidate of the Popular Democratic Party (PDP).[1] During her only term in the Senate, she chaired the Committee on Education, and the Committee on Science and Culture.[2] In 2004, she was unsuccessful in her reelection bid, when she and her running mate, Sen. José Ortiz Dalliot were succeeded by the candidates of the PNP Roberto Arango and Carlos Díaz.[3]

In 2008, Ostolaza ran again, this time for Senator at-large, in the PPD's March 2008 primaries, appearing in the ballot's No. 12 slot. However, she lost, ending in 8th place, with 6th place or higher being required to win.[4] After that, she has contributed as a columnist for El Nuevo Día. She is also President of the PPD Women in the District of San Juan.[5][6]

References

  1. [1]
    Elecciones Generales 2000: Escrutinio General Archived 8 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine on CEEPUR (19 December 2000)
  2. [2]
    "Fas Alzamora Announces Heads of 18 Committees". Puerto Rico Herald. AP. 7 December 2000. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  3. [3]
    Elecciones 2004: Recuento Archived 29 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine on CEEPUR
  4. [4]
    Primarias 2008: Escrutinio General Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine on CEEPUR
  5. [5]
    Ostolaza, Margarita (31 August 2012). "Contra la pobreza". El Nuevo Día. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014.
  6. [6]
    "Con el apoyo de sanjuaneros la aspirante a presidir las Mujeres Populares". El Nuevo Día. 12 July 2011.

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