Luis Ernesto Ramos Yordán

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ramos and the second or maternal family name is Yordan.

Luis Ernesto Ramos Yordán
Ramos Yordán c. early 1970s
21st Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives
In office 1973–1976
Personal details
Born	Luis Ernesto Ramos Yordán (1915-02-05)February 5, 1915 Ponce, Puerto Rico
Died	January 27, 2005(2005-01-27) (aged 89) San Antonio, Texas, United States
Alma mater	Syracuse University National Autonomous University of Mexico (M.D.)

Luis Ernesto Ramos Yordán (February 5, 1915 – January 27, 2005) was a Puerto Rican physician, legislator, and President of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico from 1973 to 1977.

Early years

Ramos Yordán was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on February 2, 1915. He received his degree from Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, and his Doctor of Medicine degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He subsequently did advanced post-graduate work at Columbia University.

Political life

In the 1968 general elections Ramos Yordan was elected to the Puerto Rico House of Representatives as a representative at-large. He was a member of the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico. During his term, he was minority leader in the House. In 1972 he was re-elected and became the speaker of that legislative body.

See also

• List of Puerto Ricans