Rodulfo del Valle, a.k.a.,
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Fito,
[''Biografía de Rodulfo del Valle.'']
Biblioteca Escolar Rodulfo del Valle. Escuela Rodulfo del Valle. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 27 April 2013. (1871–1948) was Mayor of
Ponce, Puerto Rico
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Ponce, Puerto Rico's most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, was founded on 12 August 1 ...
, from 1918 to 1920.
Early years
Del Valle's parents were Rodulfo del Valle and Felipa del Valle. He married Amelia Serra.
[Puerto Rico, Civil Registrations, 1885-2001.]
Political career
Del Valle "was a man that loved his hometown and was loved by his peers."
He was a member of the
Liberal Reformist Party (later the Puerto Rican Autonomist Party) in 1887 representing the town of
Isabela. Del Valle worked for the autonomy of Puerto Rico from both
Spain
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and, later, from the
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. In the Ponce Municipal Government, del Valle served as Commissioner of Public Service and Municipal Treasurer.
As mayor of Ponce, he was a member of the
Union of Puerto Rico Party.
[Guillermo A. Baralt. ''La Historia de El Nuevo Dia (1909-2000): "Al servicio de mi tierra".'' Page 82. Fundación El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2002. .]
Family life
Del Valle married María Amelia Serra Gaztambide and had a son named Eduardo.
Death and legacy
Del Valle died in Ponce on 22 July 1948.
A public school in Ponce was named after him.
In Ponce there is a street in Urbanizacion Las Delicias of
Barrio Magueyes named after him.
See also
*
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 ...
*
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 ...
References
Further reading
* Fay Fowlie de Flores. ''Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada.'' Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 216. Item 1109.
* Cayetano Coll y Toste. ''Boletín Histórico de Puerto Rico.'' San Juan, Puerto Rico: Cantera Fernandez. 1914–1927. (Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce, CUTPO).
1871 births
1948 deaths
Puerto Rican people of Spanish descent
Liberal Reformist Party (Puerto Rico) politicians
Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
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