Pedro Juan Rosselló González, M.D. (ro.seˈʝo) [pronounced “roh-seh-yóh”] (born April 5, 1944 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican politician who was the sixth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001. He also served as President of the Council of State Governments as well as Chairman of the Southern Governors' Association, and Democratic Governors Association. After a two year absence from politics, Rosselló decided to seek a third term in the General Elections of 2004, but was defeated by the Resident Commissioner Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá by a margin of 3,566 votes (0.18%). Presently, he is a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico, representing the district of Arecibo. On May 20, 2007, in a meeting of party delegates in San Juan, Rosselló announced his intentions to seek his party's nomination for the gubernatorial elections, scheduled to be held in 2008. On March 9, 2008 he faced Resident Commissioner Luis Fortuño for the New Progressive Party's gubernatorial nomination in the party's primary election. Roselló lost to Fortuño by a margin of nearly 20 percentage points. The following day Roselló announced his retirement from active politics, although he made clear his intention to complete his term as Senator from Arecibo.
