Guillermo Linares is a former Democratic member of the New York State Assembly who had represented the 72nd Assembly District in Manhattan from 2015 to 2016, and previously from 2011 to 2012.
14 Facts About Guillermo Linares
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Guillermo Linares is a former New York City Council Member and a former New York City Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs.
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Guillermo Linares was born on August 30,1951, in the town of Cabrera in the Dominican Republic; he was the oldest of nine children.
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Guillermo Linares began to learn the English language as he finished high school, gaining a General Equivalency Diploma from Theodore Roosevelt High School.
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Guillermo Linares is currently married to Evelyn Linares, a public school principal.
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Guillermo Linares has often credited his family with being critical to his successes in community activism, public office, and academia.
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In 1991, Guillermo Linares became the first Dominican elected to public office in New York City and tied for first in the United States with Kay Palacios.
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Guillermo Linares served from 1992 to 2001 in the New York City Council.
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Guillermo Linares served as a member of the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans, when President Bill Clinton appointed him in 1999 as a commission chair.
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Guillermo Linares was later appointed the NYC Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs in 2004.
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In 2010 Guillermo Linares was elected State Assemblyman for the 72nd District, replacing Adriano Espaillat who was elected to the State Senate.
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Guillermo Linares was replaced by former Assembly Member Gabriela Rosa.
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In 2014, after Assembly Member Rosa pleaded guilty to marriage fraud and resigned, Guillermo Linares announced he would run for his old seat in the 2014 election.
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Guillermo Linares was defeated for re-election in 2016 by Carmen De La Rosa after unsuccessfully running for Congress earlier in the year.