| 词条 | Carlos Méndez Martínez |
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|name = Carlos Méndez Martínez |image = |caption = |office = Mayor of Aguadilla |term_start = January 2, 1997 |term_end = |predecessor = Agnes Bermúdez Acevedo |successor = |office2 = Chair of the Republican Party of Puerto Rico |term_start2 = 2007 |term_end2 = November 1, 2015 |deputy2 = Jenniffer González |predecessor2 = Tiody de Jesús Vda. Ferré |successor2 = Jenniffer González |birth_name = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|6|30}} |birth_place = Aguadilla, Puerto Rico |occupation = Political party = New Progressive Party (PNP) |spouse = Mildred Cortes Ramos |children = Mark A. Méndez |residence = Aguadilla, Puerto Rico |education = University of Washington | net_worth = US$1,503,880 (2012)[1] |religion = |blank1 = |data1 = |signature = |website = |allegiance = {{flagicon|United States}} United States of America |unit = |branch = United States Army |serviceyears = |rank = }} Carlos Méndez Martínez (born June 30, 1943) is an Puerto Rican politician and current mayor of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Early life and educationCarlos Méndez-Martínez was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico to Pablo Méndez-Ellinger, a tobacconist from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico and Rosa Martínez-Rosa, a housewife from Rincón, Puerto Rico. His dad died when Méndez was one year old and his mother died when he was 9 years old.[2] Without having graduated from high school, at age 17, he joined the United States Army, becoming a veteran at the age of 19. He studied silversmithing and gemology and worked in both. He also worked in the real estate business.[3] At the age of 45, Méndez took the GED and studied an Associate of Arts in Political Science at a community college and continued to study a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at the University of Washington, graduating in 1992.[4] Méndez, wrote a book titled Tuve que contar mi historia,[5] it was published in 2009 by Editorial Tiempo Nuevo.[6] Political careerIn 1995, he returned to Puerto Rico, and ran for mayor of Aguadilla at the 1996 general elections. He has been reelected in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. In the 2008 elections, he received almost 70% of the votes. His margin of victory was one of the largest among elected mayors in that election.[7] He was the president of the Republican Party of Puerto Rico from 2007 to 2015 and president of the Puerto Rico Mayors Federation.[8] In 2012, Méndez endorsed the nomination of Mitt Romney for president of the United States in the 2012 Republican National Convention.[9] After 24 years as mayor, Méndez announced he would not seek re-election in 2020.[10] Among his notable works as mayor is the Aguadilla Ice Skating Arena,[11] Ramey Base Bowling Alley, Aguadilla Electronic Library, Atlantic Garden Veterans Cemetery,[12] Paseo Real Marina,[13] Las Cascadas Hotel,[14] Aguadilla City Center,[15] Skate and Splash Park,[16] and Tres Palmas Park.[17] Personal lifeHe married on January 1, 1977 with Heidi G. Méndez (née Mayer) in King County, Seattle, Washington. They had a son, Mark A. Méndez. Méndez divorced in 1998, after 21 years of marriage. In 1999, he met his current wife Mildred Cortes-Ramos.[18] References1. ^http://endata.prdecide.elnuevodia.com/alcaldes/5 2. ^http://www.primerahora.com/noticias/policia-tribunales/nota/alcaldedeaguadillaestimalasperdidasdelfuegodesuresidenciaen150mil-340510/ 3. ^https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jedJmYRZtqI 4. ^http://www.wipr.pr/video-reconocen-exito-de-programa-contra-desercion-escolar-uno-a-uno/ 5. ^https://www.libreriaisla.com/collections/catalogo-general-de-libros/carlos-mendez-martinez 6. ^https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jedJmYRZtqI 7. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.vocero.com/puerto-rico-es/politica-es/hablan-los-alcaldes-invencibles |title=Hablan los alcaldes invencibles |work=El Vocero |date=January 15, 2012 |author=Carmen Milagros Díaz |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301054143/http://www.vocero.com/puerto-rico-es/politica-es/hablan-los-alcaldes-invencibles |archivedate=2012-03-01 |df= }} 8. ^https://laislaoeste.com/2018/06/05/aguadilla-y-moca-favorecen-el-cobro-por-recogido-de-basura/ 9. ^http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=100229 10. ^https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/politica/nota/elalcaldedeaguadillaanunciaqueseretiraenel2020-2382560/ 11. ^http://endata.prdecide.elnuevodia.com/alcaldes/5 12. ^https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/nota/cementerioparaveteranos-1103306/ 13. ^http://www.primerahora.com/elnorte/noticias/puerto-rico/nota/mejorasenaguadillaprometenatraeramuchosmasturistas-1205171/ 14. ^https://www.elnuevodia.com/negocios/finanzas/nota/lascascadasdeaguadillatendrahotel-1002524/ 15. ^https://www.elnuevodia.com/negocios/finanzas/nota/encuentraaguadillasumotoraldesarrollo-979607/ 16. ^https://www.elnuevodia.com/negocios/empresas/nota/proliferanlasempresasmunicipales-2296472/ 17. ^https://www.elnuevodia.com/negocios/finanzas/nota/encuentraaguadillasumotoraldesarrollo-979607/ 18. ^https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI4nJaLvJP0 External links
6 : Living people|People from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico|New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico) politicians|Mayors of places in Puerto Rico|University of Washington alumni|1943 births |
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