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Politicians in Trouble or Disgrace: Puerto Rico

in chronological order

  Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. (b. 1954) — also known as Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — Born, in Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C., January 17, 1954. Lawyer; in September 1983, he was charged with heroin possession in Rapid City, S.D.; pleaded guilty, and sentenced to two years probation; in May, 2001, while protesting at Camp Garcia Vieques, a U.S. Navy facility in Puerto Rico, he and others were arrested for trespassing; he was convicted and sentenced to 30 days in prison; Independent candidate for President of the United States, 2024. Still living as of 2024.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Francis Kennedy and Ethel (Skakel) Kennedy; brother of Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and Joseph Patrick Kennedy II; married 1982 to Emily Black; married, April 15, 1994, to Mary Kathleen Richardson; married 2014 to Cheryl Hines; nephew of Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr., John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert Sargent Shriver Jr.), Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Jean Kennedy Smith and Edward Moore Kennedy; grandson of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr.; great-grandson of Patrick Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John Francis Fitzgerald; first cousin of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., Mark Kennedy Shriver and Patrick Joseph Kennedy (born 1967).
  Political family: Kennedy family of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  Aníbal Acevedo=Vilá (b. 1962) — of San Juan, San Juan Municipio, Puerto Rico. Born in Hato Rey, San Juan Municipio, Puerto Rico, February 13, 1962. Lawyer; member of Puerto Rico House of Representatives, 1991-2001; Resident Commissioner to U.S. Congress from Puerto Rico, 2001-05; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Puerto Rico, 2004, 2008; Governor of Puerto Rico, 2005-09; defeated, 2008. In March, 2008, he was charged with 19 counts of campaign finance corruption; in August, 2008, five more counts were added; fifteen counts were dismissed in December; tried on the remaining nine charges; found not guilty in March, 2009. Still living as of 2014.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier

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