José Aponte Hernández
José F. Aponte Hernández (born January 19, 1958) is an accountant and former Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico.Graduated from Colegio Católico Notre Dame High School in Caguas, Puerto Rico.He obtained a bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras in 1980.One of his older brothers, Néstor, is a state appellate judge, while another, Jorge, was the Director of the Office of Management and Budget during the Rosselló administration.He was defeated in his bid for re-election for Speaker by the new 37-member majority New Progressive Party caucus, which elected then Government Affairs Committee Chairwoman, Jenniffer A. González Colón.