What is Héctor Ferrer?
'''Héctor J. Ferrer Ríos''' (March 27, 1966 – November 5, 2018) was a [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[politician]] and [[lawyer|attorney]]. He was a legislator in the [[House of Representatives of Puerto Rico]] from 2001 to 2012 for three consecutive terms. He was the president of the [[Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico]] (PPD) from 2017 to October 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ppdpr.net/partido/presidente/ |title=PDP Party President Biography |access-date=2018-11-05 |archive-date=2010-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927030950/http://ppdpr.net/partido/presidente/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ferrer was born in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]. In September 2015, Ferrer was diagnosed with [[esophageal cancer]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.primerahora.com/entretenimiento/tv/nota/hectorferrertienecancerdeesofago-1111150/ |title=Héctor Ferrer tiene cáncer de esófago |first=Istra |last=Pacheco |date=2015-09-28 |access-date=2015-12-27 |language=es |newspaper=[[Primera Hora (Puerto Rico)|Primera Hora]] }}</ref> He died in San Juan on November 5, 2018 from the disease at the age of 52.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://caribbeanbusiness.com/puerto-rico-popular-democratic-party-president-ferrer/ |title=Puerto Rico Popular Democratic Party President Ferrer dies at 52 |access-date=2018-11-05 |archive-date=2018-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116013657/https://caribbeanbusiness.com/puerto-rico-popular-democratic-party-president-ferrer/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrer, Hector}} [[Category:1966 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from esophageal cancer]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Puerto Rico]] [[Category:Puerto Rican politicians]] [[Category:State legislators of the United States]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:Puerto Rican lawyers]] {{US-bio-stub}}