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RAMIREZ REPLACED AS GM AFTER 15 MONTHS LEADING MBTA

Matt Murphy12/11/18 3:43 PM

Luis Manuel Ramirez was introduced in August 2017 as the MBTA's new general manager while Steve Poftak (right) looked on. [Photo: Sam Doran/SHNS/File 2017]

With his second term about to begin, Gov. Charlie Baker has made a move to install new leadership at the MBTA, severing ties to General Manager Luis Ramirez just a year after he was hired and bringing in Steve Poftak, a member of the T's control board, to run the transit agency.

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