Elicio Berriz (c. 1820 – c. 1890) was a
Spanish soldier and
Mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...
of
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce (, , , ) is both a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.
Ponce, Puerto Rico's most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, was founded on 12 August 1 ...
, from 1 January 1869 to 11 May 1870. and again from 1 January 1872 until his mayoral assignment was passed to two Ponce municipal assemblymen,
Francisco Arce y Romero and
Alejandro Albizu
Alejandro Albizu (ca. 1812 – ca. 1892) was an interim Corregidor (position), corregidor Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from when interim Corregidor (position), corregidor Francisco Arce y Romero terminated his mayoral duties around March 1872. ...
, later that year. As a Spanish Army soldier, Berriz held the rank of Artillery
Colonel
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In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of ...
.
First mayoral term (1869)
Berriz served as mayor from 1 January 1869 until 11 May 1870, when
Vicente Pérez Valdivieso
Vicente Pérez Valdivieso (ca. 1810 – ca. 1890) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 11 May 1870 to 27 July 1871.
Mayoral term
Starting off as mayor on 11 May 1870, Pérez Valdivieso was the first mayor of Ponce after the institution of ...
started serving as mayor. Berriz is best remembered as the military officer and mayor who, in 1869, sought the removal and destruction of the monument erected to honor the
Spanish Constitution of 1812
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that for many decades had been located at today's
Plaza Degetau
Plaza Degetau, formally Plaza Federico Degetau, is the larger of two plazas at Plaza Las Delicias, the main city square in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The other plaza is named Plaza Muñoz Rivera and is located north of Plaza Degetau. The ...
.
Second mayoral term (1872)
Berriz served again as mayor from 1 January 1872 until c. 31 January 1872.
[Eduardo Neumann Gandia. ''Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce.'' 1913. p. 278.] when
Francisco Arce y Romero started his mayoral service.
See also
*
List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
This is a list of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico's southern economic center, the island's second largest and second most important city.
From 1692 to 1840, the office of mayor in Ponce was filled either by local hacendados or by military office ...
Notes
References
Further reading
* Ramon Marin. ''Las Fiestas Populares de Ponce.'' Editorial Universidad de Puerto Rico. 1994.
External links
Guardia Civil española (c. 1898) (Includes military ranks in 1880s Spanish Empire.)
Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
1820s births
1890s deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Year of death uncertain
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