Santos "San" Padilla Ferrer (February 26, 1957 – August 4, 2007) was a
Puerto Rican politician and
mayor of the city of
Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
Cabo Rojo (, ) is a Cabo Rojo barrio-pueblo, city and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality situated on the southwest coast of Puerto Rico and forms part of the San Germán – Cabo Rojo metropolitan area, San Germán–Cabo Rojo metropoli ...
.
Padilla was a member of the
New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico (''Partido Nuevo Progresista de Puerto Rico''), or PNP. The party and its members support
statehood
A state is a centralized political organization that imposes and enforces rules over a population within a territory. There is no undisputed definition of a state. One widely used definition comes from the German sociologist Max Weber: a "sta ...
for
Puerto Rico within the
United States.
Graduated from
Luis Muñoz Marín High School in Cabo Rojo. Went to earn a Bachelor's Degree in Business from the
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
The University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus (UPRM) or Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez (RUM) in Spanish (also referred to as Colegio and CAAM in allusion to its former name), is a public land-grant university in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. UPRM ...
and degrees leading to a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico San Germán campus.
[http://www.ciudadcabor.com/BiografiaSan.htm]
Padilla died following a massive
heart attack on August 4, 2007, in
Cabo Rojo.
The
governor of Puerto Rico
The governor of Puerto Rico ( es, gobernador de Puerto Rico) is the head of government of the Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and commander-in-chief of the Puerto Rico National Guard.
The governor has a duty ...
,
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
Aníbal Salvador Acevedo Vilá (born 13 February 1962) is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer. He served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 2005 to 2009. He is a Harvard University alumnus (LL.M. 1987) and a graduate of the University of Puer ...
, declared three days of national mourning.
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References
Mayors of places in Puerto Rico
New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico) politicians
1957 births
2007 deaths
People from Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
20th-century American politicians
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