Víctor Manuel Pons Núñez (April 5, 1935 – November 11, 1999) was a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. He previously had served as

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from 1973 until 1974. Born in

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, Pons earned a juris doctor in 1959 from the

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. He was appointed Chief Justice by Governor Rafael Hernández Colón in 1985, and he headed the high court until his retirement in 1992. A prominent private-sector attorney, Pons managed Hernández Colón's electoral campaigns before holding public office. He died on November 11, 1999 at 64 years of age.

Sources

*La Justicia en sus Manos, by Luis Rafael Rivera, 2007,

References

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