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Pedro Rosselló

Pedro Rosselló, Puerto Rican physician and politician, 7th Governor of Puerto Rico

Born
April 5, 1944
Age in 2026
82
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1944

About Pedro Rosselló

Pedro Juan Rosselló González (Latin American Spanish: [roseˈʝo]; born April 5, 1944) is a Puerto Rican physician and politician who served two consecutive terms as the seventh democratically elected governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001. Rosselló was president of the New Progressive Party (PNP) from 1991 to 1999 and 2003 to 2008. He was also a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico for the district of Arecibo from 2005 to 2008. His son, Ricardo, was governor of Puerto Rico from 2017 to 2019. In 1988, Rosselló ran for Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, but lost to Jaime Fuster. From 1990 to 1991, he successfully challenged former Governor Carlos Romero Barceló for the presidency of the New Progressive Party (PNP). As governor from 1992 to 2001, he served as president of the Council of State Governments, and chairman of the Southern Governors' Association and the Democratic Governors Association. In 2003, Rosselló won the PNP gubernatorial nomination for the 2004 general elections against PNP President Carlos Pesquera, but lost the governorship to Anibal Acevedo Vilá by a disputed razor-thin margin. From 2005 to 2008, Rosselló filled a vacant seat left in the Senate of Puerto Rico from the district of Arecibo. As a senator, he unsuccessfully tried to replace Kenneth McClintock as the Senate President. Rosselló lost the PNP gubernatorial nomination for the 2008 general elections to Resident Commissioner Luis Fortuño, who was elected governor. During the governorship of his son Ricardo from 2017 to 2019, he served as a shadow member to the United States House of Representatives from Puerto Rico.

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Pedro Rosselló timeline

  1. Rosselló was president of the New Progressive Party (PNP) from 1991 to 1999 and 2003 to 2008.
  2. In 2003, Rosselló won the PNP gubernatorial nomination for the 2004 general elections against PNP President Carlos Pesquera, but lost the governorship to Anibal Acevedo Vilá by a disputed razor-thin margin.

The world when Pedro Rosselló was born

Pedro Rosselló was born in 1944. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1944

  • #1 song"Swinging on a Star" – Bing Crosby
  • Top movieGoing My Way
  • Best-selling bookStrange Fruit – Lillian Smith

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGreen Bay Packers win NFL Championship
  • Top headlineD-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6
  • Technology milestoneHarvard Mark I computer begins operations
  • Defining fadBobby socks
  • Notable inventionKidney dialysis machine
  • World population2.39 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population138.4M

1944 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Pedro Rosselló's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19442026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$5,800$435,000
Average income$4,200$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.27$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population138.4M341 million

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