Celestino Iriarte Miró (December 9, 1887 – January 1967) was a Puerto Rican politician and longtime

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. He was a member of the

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from 1920 to 1944.

Biography

Celestino Iriarte Miró was born in 1887 in

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. He worked at the Telégrafo of San Juan and Aguadilla between 1905 and 1910. Iriarte graduated as an attorney from the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico in 1910. Iriarte was President of the Union Youth of San Juan from 1910 to 1912, and a delegate of the Union Party to direct elections in Moca in 1912. He also presided the local Committee of the Union Party of San Juan from 1912 to 1924. Iriarte ran for the

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in 1917 for the Union Party, but lost. However, he was elected to the

in 1920. He was reelected in 1924 and 1928, this time with the Alianza Puertorriqueña. From 1930 to 1933, he served as

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under

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. For the 1932 elections, he ran for the Republican Union party, being reelected once again. He remained in his seat until 1944, when he ran for Representative. Iriarte was member of the Commission of Reforms to the Organic Act formed by President

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. He was also member of the Status Commission from 1945 to 1946. In 1948, he returned to the

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for the Statehood Party. In 1951, he was also member of the Constituent Assembly that created the

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, representing the Statehood Party. Iriarte died in January 1967, at the age of 80. He was buried at the

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in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

References

Biografía Celestino Iriarte Miró
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