Gretchen Hau
Gretchen Marie Hau Irizarry is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer. She is a senator, affiliated to the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico.[1] She is a "majority whip" in the Puerto Rican senate.
Gretchen Hau | |
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| Member of the Puerto Rico Senate from the Guayama district | |
| In office 2021–2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | San Germán, Puerto Rico |
| Political party | Popular Democratic Party |
| Profession | Politician, Senator, Lawyer |
Education
Hau studied at Colegio Radians in Cayey, Graduated from the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a master's degree in Business Administration with concentration in Human Resources and Personnel Administration from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico. She obtained Juris Doctor with honors in Law during 2010 from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law.
Politics
She worked for 20 years alongside the mayor of Cayey, Hon. Rolando Ortiz Velázquez as executive assistant. She is the first woman to hold the position of executive director of the Puerto Rico Mayors Association for four years from 2015 to 2019. Ran successfully for the Puerto Rico Senate of the Guayama district winning in the 2020 elections. In 2023 she resigned in the Puerto Rico Senate and went to the Puerto Rico House of Representatives for the 29th district after the death of Representative José Aníbal Díaz.