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Reinaldo Paniagua Diez (July 20, 1934 – January 29, 2021) was a Puerto Rican politician who served as the seventh Puerto Rico Secretary of State from January 2, 1977, to 1979, under
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Carlos Romero Barceló Carlos Antonio Romero Barceló (September 4, 1932 – May 2, 2021) was a Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 1977 to 1985. He was the second governor to be elected from the New Progressive Party (PNP). He als ...
and served as
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whenever the Governor was traveling. He had previously served as Romero-Barceló's campaign manager during the 1976 gubernatorial campaign. Secretary Paniagua, born on July 20, 1934, and whose mother was Rita Diez and whose father was Reinaldo Paniagua, died on January 29, 2021, of natural causes.Fallece el expropietario de los Cangrejeros en el béisbol invernal, Reinaldo “Poto” Paniagua
Paniagua, nicknamed "Poto", acquired ownership of the Cangrejeros de Santurce baseball team in Puerto Rico's
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winter league after resigning as Secretary of State and Lieutenant Governor in 1979, and retained it until 2002.


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1935 births 2021 deaths Members of the Senate of Puerto Rico People from Santurce, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican lawyers Secretaries of State of Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-politician-stub