gubernatorial candidate. He was vice president of the Puerto Rico Council of the Boy Scouts of America. In 2003 and in 2013, he was appointed President of the Commission for Electoral Finance Reform. Acevedo is known to be an expert in Puerto Rican electoral law. Currently he lives in Rio Piedras, where he occasionally plays basketball with his youngest son. Publications Héctor Luis Acevedo has published various articles in law journals and newspapers. In 1996, he published his book Will Opens Paths ("La Voluntad Abre Caminos"), and in 1997 Messages from the Mayor's Office ("Mensajes Desde la Alcaldia"). He has edited two books: La Generacion del 40 y la Convencion Constituyente and Los Administradores en la Modernizacion de Puerto Rico. He is also the editor of the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico-sponsored biography on Gov. Jesús T. Piñero. He also edited the biography of Sen. Luis Negrón López, published by the Interamerican University Press in September, 2007. Many of these books have been made available for free online on the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico's website on the libros para todos (books for everybody) section. References |- |- |- 1947 births Living people Mayors of San Juan, Puerto Rico People from Río Piedras, Puerto Rico Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico) politicians Puerto Rican military officers Secretaries of State of Puerto Rico United States Army officers United States Army reservists University of Puerto Rico alumni Puerto Rican expatriates in Spain