Fernando González

Who is Fernando González?

Fernando A. González is a Democratic Party politician who was elected to the Perth Amboy, New Jersey, City Council on May 13, 2008 and took office on July 1, 2008. González, with 3,429 ballots, was the top vote-getter among five candidates for city council, leading his running mate Kenneth Balut, who got 3,347 votes; Joel Pabon, 3,049; incumbent David Szilagyi, 2,744; and Republican Maria Garcia, 776. González did not seek re-election to a second term in 2012.

González served as chairman of the Perth Amboy Housing Authority, of which he has been a member since 1996, and he was previously elected to three terms on the Board of Education of the Perth Amboy Public Schools. He is also a member of the Puerto Rican Association for Human Development board of directors.

González and his wife, Obdulia, a retired educator who was elected to the school board in April 2009, are the parents of two adult children: Marisol, a special education teacher who works with infants and toddlers in Puerto Rico, and Daniel, an attorney practicing law in Perth Amboy.

González is a graduate of City College of New York, where he served as an instructor from 1972 to 1978, and he earned a Masters degree at Kean University.