José Aponte Hernández

Who is José Aponte Hernández?

Jose Fernando Aponte Hernández is an accountant and former Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico. He was born in San Juan and obtained a bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras in 1980.

Aponte is married to Aida I. Rodríguez Roig, and has two sons and one daughter. He currently resides in San Lorenzo. He was the New Progressive Party General Secretary during the Rossello administration. One of his older brothers, Néstor, is a state appellate judge, while another, Jorge, was the Director of the Office of Management and Budget during the Rosselló administration.

He served as Secretary-General of the New Progressive Party from 1996 to 1997 and 1997 to 1999.

Aponte was appointed to fill the vacancy left by his brother Néstor Aponte Hernández, as Representative from the 33rd District, after he resigned to become an Appellate Court Judge. Aponte was elected for a full term as Representative in the 2000 general elections, and was re-elected as an At-Large Representative in the 2004 and 2008 general elections.