Baudilio Vega Berríos (February 16, 1902 – August 1987) was
Mayor of the city of
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
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
Mayor of Mayagüez, he occupied the post until 1952.
From 1952 to 1956 he was a member of the
House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
The House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ( es, Cámara de Representantes de Puerto Rico) is the lower house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, the bicameral state legislature (United States), territorial legislature of Puerto Rico. ...
and a member of the
Constitutional Convention of Puerto Rico
On June 8, 1950, the United States government approved Public Law 600, authorizing Puerto Rico to draft its own constitution in 1951. The Constitutional Assembly ( es, Asamblea Constituyente) or Constitutional Convention of Puerto Rico met for ...
. Then from 1956 till 1968 he served once again as mayor of Mayagüez.
Legacy
The
Cultural Center in Mayagüez now bears his name.
References
1902 births
1987 deaths
Mayors of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
People from Coamo, Puerto Rico
Popular Democratic Party members of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican police officers
20th-century American legislators
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