Rafael Cox Alomar

Rafael Cox Alomar (born December 30, 1974) is a Puerto Rican lawyer, politician, professor of law and author.

Early life Cox Alomar was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on 30 December 1974 to Noemí Alomar Suárez and Rafael Cox Rosario. He graduated from Colegio San Ignacio in 1993 and Cornell University in 1997. He subsequently attended the University of Oxford (Trinity College) on a Marshall Scholarship, earning a D.Phil. in Modern History in 2001. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 2004. After his defeat, the elected Mayor of San Juan contracted Cox Alomar as advisor of federal affairs for the city.

Political views When named as candidate for Resident Commissioner, Cox Alomar avoided describing the Commonwealth status of Puerto Rico as colonial. When asked to explain the sudden change in relation to the political status, he noted that in order to avoid the promotion of a message that conflicted with García Padilla's support of the territorial commonwealth, the 2012 campaign was targeted at attacking the referendum's credibility. On March 8, 2023, he presented the books "The Constitution of Puerto Rico" and "Towards a new order of things" published in 2022.

Personal life Cox Alomar is married to Hilda Rodríguez.