Vicente Geigel Polanco (May 1, 1904 – April 30, 1979) was a lawyer, writer and a former
Attorney General of Puerto Rico
The secretary of justice of Puerto Rico ( es, Secretario de Justicia de Puerto Rico) (known as the attorney general of Puerto Rico prior to the Constitution of Puerto Rico in 1952) is the chief legal officer and the attorney general of the gove ...
.
Early life and education
Vicente Géigel Polanco was born on May 1, 1904, in
Isabela, Puerto Rico
Isabela () is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the north-western region of the island, north of San Sebastián; west of Quebradillas; and east of Aguadilla and Moca. It is named in honor of Isabella I of Castile. Isabela is ...
, he studied at the school Isabela Primary School, secondary school at Colegio José de Diego and high school at
Central High School in
Santurce, Puerto Rico
Santurce (, from the Basque '' Santurtzi'' which means Saint George) is a barrio or district in the municipality of San Juan. Its population in 2020 was 69,469. It is also the biggest and most populated of all the barrios in the capital city wi ...
. Did his studies in law were carried out in the
University of Puerto Rico School of Law
The University of Puerto Rico School of Law is a law school in Puerto Rico. It is one of the professional graduate schools of University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus and the only law school in the University of Puerto Rico System. It ...
where he earned a juris doctor.
[biblioteca.rrp.upr.edu/BIB-COL/CPR/Vicente-Geigel.pdf]
Career
By 1929 he held the position of secretary of the
Ateneo Puertorriqueño
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. In 1934 he helped found the Puerto Rican Academy of History. Among its many activities e collaborated in the organization of the Popular Institute of Free Education. In the decade of the thirties linked him in the top leadership of the
Popular Democratic Party, in addition to He served as a professor of Law and in the Faculty of Social Sciences of the
University of Puerto Rico
The University of Puerto Rico ( es, Universidad de Puerto Rico, UPR) is the main public university system in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It is a government-owned corporation with 11 campuses and approximately 58,000 students and 5,3 ...
.
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1904 births
1979 deaths
People from Isabela, Puerto Rico
Popular Democratic Party members of the Senate of Puerto Rico
University of Puerto Rico alumni
University of Puerto Rico faculty
20th-century Puerto Rican politicians
20th-century Puerto Rican lawyers