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List Of Mayors Of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
This is a list of mayors of Mayagüez, located on the west coast of Puerto Rico. 19th century 20th century See also *Mayoralty in Puerto Rico * Timeline of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico *Mayagüez, Puerto Rico *Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ... References Bibliography *Mayaguez: Notas para su Historia; Silvia Aguilo Ramos, 1984, San Juan, Model Offset Printing *Genealogia Biografias e Historias de Mayagüez de Ayer y Hoy y Antologia Puerto Rico; Martin Gaudier, 1959, San German, Imprenta "El Aguila" * (About Bejamín Cole era) {{DEFAULTSORT:List of mayors of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico Mayaguez * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baudilio Vega Berríos
Baudilio Vega Berríos (February 16, 1902 – August 1987) was List of mayors of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, Mayor of the city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Vega Berríos was born in Barrio Pulguillas in Coamo. His mother was Basilisa Berríos Zayas and his father was Baudilio Vega who was from Coamo, Puerto Rico, Pulguillas. He had five siblings, Ruben, Lucila, Anibal, Áurea and Leodovina Vega Berrios. In 1920, he served in the Department of the interior and later in 1926 he joined the Puerto Rico Police Department. By 1932, he was the officer in charge of Old San Juan. On 1934 he arrived in Mayaguez and he accepts a post on the American Railroad Co. where he served from 1939 to 1946. In 1946 he is called upon by Luis Muñoz Marín, then president of the Senate of Puerto Rico and of the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico, to assume the office of List of mayors of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, Mayor of Mayagüez, he occupied the post until 1952. Fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Heine
Jorge Sievert Heine Lorenzen (born 24 May 1948) is a Chilean politician who served as minister of State and as ambassador of Chile to China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Heine, Jorge 1948 births Living people Chilean people of German descent University of Chile alumni York University alumni Stanford University alumni 20th-century Chilean politicians 21st-century Chilean politicians Party for Democracy (Chile) politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Mayagüez (, ) is a city and the eighth-largest municipality in Puerto Rico. It was founded as Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez, and is also known as ''La Sultana del Oeste'' (The Sultaness of the West), ''Ciudad de las Aguas Puras'' (City of Pure Waters), or ''Ciudad del Mangó'' (Mango City). On April 6, 1894, the Spanish Crown granted it the formal title of ''Excelente Ciudad de Mayagüez'' (''Excellent City'' of Mayagüez). Mayagüez is located in the center of the western coast on the island of Puerto Rico. It has a population of 73,077 in the city proper, and it is a principal city of the Mayagüez Metropolitan Statistical Area (pop. 88,731) and the Mayagüez–San Germán–Cabo Rojo Combined Statistical Area (pop. 213,831). History The Mayagüez Metro Area (and part of Añasco) lies today on two former Taíno Cacicazgos (chiefdoms): Yaguex and Yagüeca, a region noted for its record of colonial resistance (i.e., Urayoán and Legend of Diego Salcedo). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timeline Of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. 18th-19th centuries * 1760 - Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez (Our Lady of Candlemas) settlement established by Spanish colonist Faustino Martínez de Matos. * 1763 - Settlement of Mayaguez formally separated from the larger San Germán area. * 1770 - Population: 1,800. * 1823 - José María Ramírez de Arellano becomes mayor. * 1836 ** Mayaguez becomes a villa (chartered town). ** Public warehouse and dock constructed. * 1841 ** Fire. ** "Entry port privilege" relocated to Mayaguez from Cabo Rojo (approximate date). * 1845 - Mayagüez City Hall built. * 1848 - ''El Imparcial'' and ''El Propagador'' newspapers begins publication. * 1849 - Jail built. * 1850 - ''El Semanario Mayaguezano'' begins publication. * 1852 - Fire. * 1860 ** Market building constructed. ** San Antonio Hospital active (approximate date). * 1863 - ''Avisador del Comercio'' newspaper begins publication. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayoralty In Puerto Rico
The mayors of Puerto Rico encompass the different mayors of the municipalities of Puerto Rico; each mayor being the highest-ranking officer of their corresponding municipality. Several laws existed that created the post of mayor in each municipality but they were all repealed in favor of a broad and encompassing law known as the Autonomous Municipalities Act of 1991. The mayors do not constitute a body, and are not required by law to do so, but they have voluntarily assembled into two organizations: * the Puerto Rico Mayors Association, which represents the mayors from the Popular Democratic Party and * the Puerto Rico Mayors Federation, which represents the mayors from the New Progressive Party. The President of the Puerto Rico Mayors Federation in 2021 was Gabriel Hernández-Rodríguez. Each mayor is also the commander-in-chief of its corresponding municipal police. Background Historically mayors used to be minor political figures in the Puerto Rican landscape as the exec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Guillermo Rodríguez
José Guillermo Rodríguez Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the Mayor of the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico for 27 years until March 31, 2022 when he was suspended by the Special Independent Prosecutor Panel. He was born in Mayagüez on October 10, 1956. He is a member of the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico. Rodríguez was suspended as Mayor on April 1, 2022. Early years and education The eldest of five siblings, "Guillito" is the son of Guillermo Rodríguez and Natividad Rodríguez Estrada, the latter of whom died on 6 August 2020. He received his elementary school education in ''Escuela de Cruces'' and ''Escuela de Malezas'', he received his intermediate school education from the Manuel A. Barreto Middle School and later graduated from Eugenio María de Hostos High School. At sixteen years old he was elected Vice President of Popular Democratic Party Youth of Quebrada Grande, his Barrio. Afterwards he was the first elected president of the Popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Cole (mayor)
Benjamín Cole Vázquez (1919–1993) was a Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican politician and the second longest serving List of mayors of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, Mayor of the city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico (1969–1993). He is regarded as one of the strongest leaders of the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico (PDP). He was also a postal administrator, legislator, and composer (Tito Puente recorded one of his songs, although, in that regard, Cole is much better known for being the brother of composer Roberto Cole). Ancestry Benjamin Cole's father Frank belonged to an English family that emigrated to the United States when he was just a child. As an adult, Frank traveled to Puerto Rico when the United States established a provisional government there following its invasion of the island during the Spanish–American War of 1898. Cole was employed in the Federal Courts in San Juan, where he served as translator and marshall. He married Isabel Maria Vazque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusto Valentín Vizcarrondo
Augusto Valentín Vizcarrondo was a Puerto Rican politician who served as mayor of Mayagüez from 1953 to 1956. He was also known as Tuto Valentín. References Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico) politicians Mayors of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popular Democratic Party Of Puerto Rico
The Popular Democratic Party ( es, Partido Popular Democrático, PPD) is a political party in Puerto Rico that advocates to continue as a Commonwealth of the United States with self-governance. The party was founded in 1938 by dissidents from the Puerto Rican Liberal Party and the Unionist Party and originally promoted policies on the center-left.''Government / Brief history of elections in Puerto Rico.'' Encyclopedia Puerto Rico. Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades. Retrieved 29 February 2012. In recent years, however, its leaders have described the party as . As one of the long-standing parties on the island, the PPD has played a sig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Marín Gaudier
Manuel Marín Gaudier born in Barrio Salud, in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. He was Mayor of Mayagüez from 1937 to 1941. His parents were Juan Marin and Rosalia (Chalía) Gaudier. He studied in the "Escuela de la Calle de la Rosa"."Genealogias Biografias e Historia del Mayagüez de Ayer y Hoy y Antologia de Puerto Rico"; by Martin Gaudier (Author); Pages: 385-386; Publisher: Imprenta "El Aguila", San German (1959); Language: Spanish Political career Before becoming Mayor of Mayagüez, Marín was president of the municipal assembly of Mayaguez for sixteen consecutive years. In his run as mayor his projects included among others: the building of the Anti- Tuberculosis Hospital in Cerro las Mesas; the "Hogar Infantil"; he bought the Mayagüez Light; he built 70 percent of the paved roads in the city; the rain sewer system; the Santurce barriada; the Roosevelt School; and many other projects. See also * Politics of Puerto Rico References {{DEFAULTSORT:Marin, Manuel Mayors of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
