Javier Rivera Aquino

Javier Rivera Aquino, an agronomist and farmer, and former Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico, appointed by Governor Luis Fortuño and sworn in by Secretary of State Kenneth McClintock on January 2, 2009. In December 2011 he announced that he would resign his office on the third anniversary of his swearing in, January 7, 2011, in order to spend more time with his family, which resides in Lares, a grueling two-and-a-half-hour one-way commute from the Department's offices in San Juan.

Javier Rivera Aquino
Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico
In office 2009–2011
Member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives from the 22nd District
In office 2005–2009
Personal details
Born	Lares, Puerto Rico
Alma mater	Ohio State University (BAgr)
Occupation	Farmer

A former member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives from 2005 to 2009, representing the towns of Utuado, Adjuntas, Jayuya and Lares, Rivera Aquino has Bachelor's of Science in Agriculture Soil Science from Ohio State University^[1] agronomist who owns and operated a farm in Lares.