Héctor Luis Colón Mendoza was a Puerto Rican politician and a former mayor of

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. Colón was affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).

Biography

Héctor Luis Colón born in Guayama and raised in Puente Jobos community. His parents Flor Colón and Ramona Mendoza were community and political leaders in Puente Jobos. Héctor Luis Colón served in the

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and in the

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until he was honorably discharged. Héctor Luis Colón earned bachelor's degree in education with a specialty in mathematics from the

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. Started in politics when he ran for member of the Guayama Municipal Assembly in 1980. He ran successfully for Mayor of Guayama in the 1984 elections. He served as Mayor of Guayama for 28 years until 2008. Héctor Luis Colón died on September 26, 2018, in

Guayama, Puerto Rico Guayama (, ), officially the Autonomous Municipality of Guayama ( es, Municipio Autónomo de Guayama) is a city and municipality on the Caribbean coast of Puerto Rico. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 36,614. It is the ce ...

, after suffering a heart attack. He was 81 years old. He was buried at Valle del Sur Memorial Park in Guayama, Puerto Rico.

References

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