Eduardo Ferrer Ríos (born November 28, 1973) is a Puerto Rican

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. He was elected to the

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in the 2012 general election. Ferrer is the brother of former Representative and President of the PPD

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. Ferrer won a spot on the PPD ballot at the

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earlier in 2012. He arrived in seventh place in the voting, and wouldn't have been elected. However, a scandal involving his own brother forced second place candidate

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to relinquish her ballot spot for Representative to run for Mayor of

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, allowing Eduardo to move into sixth place. Due to his brother's resignation from the House, Ferrer was sworn in on May 24, 2012 to fill his spot. After being officially elected at the 2012 elections, Ferrer was appointed by his party to serve as

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of the

. On July 1, 2013, he officially announced his resignation to the House of Representatives.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrer, Eduardo Living people Popular Democratic Party members of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico 1973 births 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico