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Eduardo Bhatia (Eduardo Bhatia Gautier) was born on 16 May, 1964 in San Salvador, El Salvador, is a 15th President of the Senate of Puerto Rico. Discover Eduardo Bhatia's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?

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Age 59 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 16 May 1964
Birthday 16 May
Birthplace San Salvador, El Salvador
Nationality El Salvador

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1957

Bhatia's father, the economist and retired professor Mohinder Bhatia, came to Puerto Rico in 1957 as an assistant to a Syracuse University professor who had been in India on a one-year sabbatical.

1961

He remained in Puerto Rico and married Carmen Gautier Mayoral in 1961, a political science professor at the University of Puerto Rico and niece-in-law of Felisa Rincón de Gautier.

Eduardo Bhatia is one of three siblings.

His brother, Andrés Bhatia, is a practicing oncologist in Gainesville, Florida, and his sister, Lisa Bhatia, is an assistant U.S. attorney at the San Juan District office of the U.S. Attorney.

1964

Eduardo Bhatia Gautier (born May 16, 1964) is a Puerto Rican attorney and politician.

Eduardo Bhatia was born in San Salvador, El Salvador on May 16, 1964.

1986

Bhatia graduated with an A.B. from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs in 1986 after completing a 132-page-long senior thesis titled "New Roads for Old Objectives: The Compact of Free Association with the Micronesian Islands and its Applicability to the Future of the Puerto Rico - United States Relationship."

During Bhatia's university years, he was a member of the Princeton Democratic Students Association and the Student Council, actively participating in the student movement against Apartheid in South Africa.

In May 1986, Bhatia was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study law, economics and politics in Santiago, Chile, for one year.

Around this time he became a member of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity.

1990

Bhatia graduated from Stanford Law School in June 1990, where he founded and edited the Stanford Journal of Law and Policy, an academic publication with an emphasis on the development of new laws and public policy.

As part of his community work as a law student in Stanford, Bhatia also directed a campaign to prevent the approval of a rent increase in the low-income East Palo Alto community.

He is admitted to practice law in Florida, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.

After graduating, Bhatia worked for a year as a judicial officer for Judge Levin H. Campbell, at the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston, Massachusetts.

1991

From 1991 to 1992, he was the Chief of Staff for Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Jaime Fuster in Washington, D.C. From 1993 to 1995, Bhatia worked as a lawyer for the San Juan-based law firm McConnell Valdés.

1996

In 1996, at the age of 32, Bhatia was elected Senator at Large by the Popular Democratic Party, becoming the youngest Puerto Rican senator in that four-year term and one of the youngest in the history of the Senate of Puerto Rico.

As member of numerous Senatorial committees and spokesperson for his party, his efforts were focused toward increasing employment and educational opportunities for Puerto Rico's youth.

He also sought consensus, joining PNP senators in co-sponsoring legislation.

An example was the introduction of a bill with Sen. Kenneth McClintock to improve financial education in public schools, which was vetoed by Gov. Pedro Rosselló.

A political analyst acknowledged his hard work by calling Mr. Bhatia "Puerto Rico's top senator."

2000

In 2000, ran for mayor of San Juan against New Progressive Party candidate Jorge Santini.

However, he was defeated by less than 4,000 votes.

After that, Bhatia worked as a lawyer in private practice and as a professor at the University of Puerto Rico, School of Law in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico.

During this time Bhatia was also involved in community work.

2005

In January 2005, Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá appointed Bhatia as Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration in Washington, D.C. As such, Bhatia represented the Governor on matters before state and federal agencies as well as before Congress and the Executive branch.

He managed PRFAA's staff in the areas of Government Affairs, Federal Grants, Communications, Outreach and Public Affairs and Community Affairs, to carry out the agency's mission of advancing the well-being of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and of Puerto Ricans in the United States.

As the Governor's Official Representative in the United States, he worked in education, health and environmental issues.

He had also been working in special projects that will help increase economic growth in Puerto Rico's rural areas.

2008

Bhatia resigned to the position on February 15, 2008, to run again for Senator.

He was succeeded by attorney Flavio Cumpiano.

Bhatia was elected as an official Senate candidate in the PPD primary on March 9, 2008, becoming the second most voted person of all the pre-candidates for Senate.

At the 2008 general elections, Bhatia won one of only five Senate seats obtained by his party.

After the elections, the PPD Senate caucus reelected Senator José Luis Dalmau for a third term as PDP Senate Leader and elected Bhatia as Minority Whip.

2012

Bhatia presented his candidacy for reelection in 2012.

At the primaries that year, he was the candidate with most votes, securing his spot for the general elections.

During the elections, Bhatia was the PPD candidate to the Senate with most votes, and the second overall.

2015

Bhatia is a former 15th President of the Senate of Puerto Rico and executive director of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration.

After the win, Senator Eduardo Bhatia was elected among his peers as the 15th President of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

2016

Bhatia was reelected once more in the 2016 General Election.

However, his party lost the majority in the Senate and he was succeeded by Thomas Rivera Schatz as the President of the Senate of Puerto Rico.