district state_senate children birth_place party profession term_start spouse article_title term_end name
guayama puerto rico josé enrique elba m. coamo , puerto rico new progressive party politician 1993 elba m. ortíz santiago josé e. meléndez ortiz
 2001 josé enrique meléndez ortíz
josé e. meléndez ortiz

`` this article is about the former senator .
for his son , the current representative , see josé e. meléndez ortíz , jr. '' josé enrique `` quique '' meléndez ortíz was a puerto rican politician and senator .
he was a member of the senate of puerto rico from 1992 to 2000 .
meléndez was elected to the senate of puerto rico for the district of guayama in the 1992 general elections .
he was reelected in 1996 .
in 2000 , meléndez lost his seat at the 2000 general elections .
meléndez is married to elba m. ortíz .
they have two children : elba and current representative , josé enrique .
