Elba Otero de Jové
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Elba Otero de Jové | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Arecibo | |
| In office 1969–1970 | |
| Preceded by | Darío Goitía |
| Succeeded by | Pablo E. Méndez Cabrero |
| Member of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico from the At-large district | |
| In office 1970–1972 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 20, 1918 Arecibo, Puerto Rico |
| Died | July 17, 1995 |
| Political party | New Progressive Party (PNP) |
| Alma mater | University of Puerto Rico (B.A.) New York University (M.A) |
Elba Otero de Jové was a Puerto Rican female politician from the New Progressive Party (PNP) who served as mayor of Arecibo, Puerto Rico and an at-large member of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico.
Politics[edit]
She was elected as mayor of Arecibo at the 1968 general elections. in 1970 after the death of her brother Rubén Otero Bosco who was the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico the New Progressive Party nominated her to fill the vacancy of an At-large position. She was affiliated to the Republican Party and was a member of the National Federation of Republican Women.[1]
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Categories:
- 1918 births
- 1995 deaths
- Mayors of places in Puerto Rico
- New Progressive Party members of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
- New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico) politicians
- New York University alumni
- People from Arecibo, Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rican politicians
- Republican Party (Puerto Rico) politicians
- Puerto Rican women in politics
- University of Puerto Rico alumni
- 20th-century Puerto Rican women educators