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Anbal Salvador Acevedo Vil is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer. He served as the ninth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a Commonwealth of the United States, from 2005 to 2009. He is a Harvard University alumnus and a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico School of Law, where he obtained his Juris Doctor degree. Acevedo Vil has held various public service positions in the Puerto Rico government under the Popular Democratic Party, serving as a member of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico and Resident Commissioner , before he was sworn in as Governor onJanuary 2005. Acevedo Vil was also a member of the National Governors Association, the Southern Governors Association and the Democratic Governors Association, and a collaborator of President Barack Obamas presidential campaign. Also he is currently an adjunct professor of the University of Puerto Rico School of Law

Acevedo Vil was born in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, a borough of San Juan. His father, the late Salvador Acevedo, was a former judge, while his mother, the late Elba Vil, was a homemaker. He attended Colegio San Jos High School in the same municipality. In 1982, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government at the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras. He continued his studies in Law at that campus University of Puerto Rico Law School, the preeminent law school of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, from which he obtained his Juris Doctor in 1985, graduating magna cum laude.

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