Flavius Dede (c. 1800 – c. 1870) was Mayor 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 1850 to 31 March 1850.
Background
Dede arrived in Ponce in 1826, presumably --according to Scarano-- lured by the promising prospects of the sugar trade. As a young man, he first worked in the merchant firm of Germany's consul in Ponce, Thomas Davidson. By 1831, Dede had established his own merchant firm together with another German emigre, Ernst W. Overmann. In 1841–1842, the partnership purchased Hacienda Flacas, a large estate consisting of some 250
cuerda
The term "cuerda" (Spanish for ''rope'') refers to a unit of measurement in some Spanish-speaking regions, including Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Cuba, Spain, and Paraguay. In Puerto Rico, the term cuerda (and "Spanish acre"[Barrio Playa
Barrio Playa, also known as Playa de Ponce, Ponce Playa, or La Playa, is one of the thirty-one barrios that comprise the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Bucaná, Canas, Vayas, and Capitanejo, Playa is one of the municipality's ...]
mayor Sargent Rafael Muñoz. Dede also performed as "2nd mayor" under mayor
José de Jesús Fernández
José de Jesús Fernández (a.k.a. José Jesús Fernández) (ca. 1786 – ca. 1866) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1 July 1846 to 31 December 1846. He led the municipality under Spain's new ''Decreto Orgánico de 1846.''
Mayoral ter ...
in 1846. The position was the result of the new ''Decreto Orgánico de 1846'' (1846 Organic Decree), a new Law for Municipalities that allowed for increased centralization of public administration and greater political control over municipalities.
[Emilio J. Pasarell. ''Esculcando el Siglo XIX en Puerto Rico.'' Barcelona: M. Pareja. 1967. p.22.] Despite this lack of full political control at the municipal level, the former job allowed Dede to gain administrative experience for his future work as mayor.
See also
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List of Puerto Ricans
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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 ...
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References
Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
1800s births
1870s deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Year of death uncertain
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