Joanne Rodríguez Veve

Joanne Marie Rodríguez Veve (San Juan, Puerto Rico; born February 3, 1983) is a Puerto Rican lawyer and politician. She currently serves as at-large Senator at the 27th Senate of Puerto Rico (2021-2025), representing the Proyecto Dignidad party.[1] She was elected during the 2020 Puerto Rico Senate election and is the first senator of the party.[2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Veve.
Joanne Marie Rodríguez Veve
Rodríguez in 2021
Member of the Puerto Rico Senate from the at-large district
Assumed office
January 2, 2021
Preceded byestablished position
Personal details
Born (1983-02-03) 3 February 1983
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Political partyPD
Children2
EducationUniversity of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus (BA; JD)
Pontifical University of Salamanca (LLM)
Occupation
  • Senator of Puerto Rico
  • Lawyer

Education

Rodríguez Veve earned a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and a Juris Doctor from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. Then she completed a Master's Degree in Canon law from the Pontifical University of Salamanca in Spain, and has studied History of Puerto Rico at the Center for Advanced Studies on Puerto Rico and the Caribbean[3]

Professional career

She has worked as a lawyer for ecclesiastical processes of matrimonial nullity and in the Human Resources field, specializing in labor matters management.

In 2020, she announced that she would be running for a seat at the Senate of Puerto Rico at-large under the Proyecto Dignidad party. She ended up at second place with 88,716 (7.33%) votes[2] and was sworn in as Senator on January 2, 2021 with the rest of the elected senators.[4]

References
  1. Senado de - Puerto Rico. "HON. JOANNE M. RODRÍGUEZ VEVE" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  2. Comisión Estatal de Elecciones. "SENADORES POR ACUMULACIÓN RESULTADOS ISLA". SENADORES POR ACUMULACIÓN RESULTADOS ISLA (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  3. Senado de Puerto Rico. "HON. JOANNE M. RODRÍGUEZ VEVE" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  4. Rivera Clemente, Yaritza (2 February 2021). El Vocero (ed.). "Juramentan los nuevos senadores". Juramentan los nuevos senadores (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2021.
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