children birth_date term_end alma_mater profession preceded term_start spouse image name succeeded predecessor birth_place party office website successor religion article_title birth_name
gabriela juan carlos 13 february 1962 january 2 , 2009 january 3 , 2005 2001 university puerto rico school of law -lrb- j.d. -rrb- harvard university of -lrb- ll.m . -rrb- puerto rico -lrb- b.a. -rrb- university of attorney at law carlos romero barceló january 2 , 2005 january 3 , 2001 1993 luisa `` piti '' gándara anibal.jpg aníbal salvador acevedo vilá luis fortuño sila maría calderón san juan , puerto rico popular democratic party democratic party 9th rico at-large member of the puerto rico house of representatives governor of puerto rico resident commissioner of puerto -lsb- http://www.anibalgobernador.com anibalgobernador.com -rsb- luis fortuño roman catholic july 2012 aníbal acevedo vilá
 aníbal salvador acevedo vilá
aníbal acevedo vilá

aníbal salvador acevedo vilá -lrb- born 13 february 1962 -rrb- 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 -lrb- ll.m .
1987 -rrb- and a graduate of the university of puerto rico school of law , where he obtained his juris doctor degree .
acevedo vilá 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 -lrb- 1993 -- 2001 -rrb- and resident commissioner -lrb- 2001 -- 2005 -rrb- , before he was sworn in as governor on 2 january 2005 .
acevedo vilá was also a member of the national governors association , the southern governors ' association and the democratic governors association , and a collaborator of president barack obama 's presidential campaign .
on 27 march 2008 , acevedo vilá was indicted in the u.s. district court for the district of puerto rico on 19 counts of campaign finance violations .
he subsequently organized a press conference , where he claimed that he is innocent of all charges presented against him .
on 19 august 2008 , he was charged with five more counts .
on 1 december 2008 judge paul barbadoro determined that 15 of those charges were based on a flawed theory , leaving him with only nine charges .
on 20 march 2009 , acevedo vilá was found by a jury not guilty of all the charges against him .
on 4 november 2008 , he failed in his bid for a second term , losing to incumbent resident commissioner luis fortuño .
two days later he stepped down as president of the popular democratic party .
