José Benito Paz Falcón (c. 1800 – c. 1860) was one of five interim mayors of
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce ( , , ) is a city and a Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The most populated city outside the San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan metropolitan area, Ponce was founded on August 12, 1692Some publ ...
, during the period of 14 February 1854 to 24 July 1854. The other four interim mayors during that six-month period were
Julio Duboc,
Escolástico Fuentes,
Pablo Manfredi, and
Antonio E. Molina.
Introduction to politics
In 1820, Paz Falcón had been part of the Ponce
ayuntamiento
''Ayuntamiento'' ()In other languages of Spain:
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* (). is the general term for the town council, or ''cabildo'', of a municipality or, sometimes, as is often the case in Spain and Latin America, for the municipality itself. is mai ...
under mayor
Ortiz de la Renta where he performed as one of two ''Sindico procurador,'' some 34 years before he became mayor himself. In 1822, he was elected to serve as ''Diputado provincial'' (provincial representative).
[Eduardo Neumann Gandia. ''Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce.'' San Juan: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. 1913. p. 261.]
See also
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List of Puerto Ricans
This is a list of notable people from Puerto Rico which includes people who were born in Puerto Rico (Borinquen) and people who are of full or partial Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican descent. Puerto Rican citizens are included, as the governm ...
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List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
This is a list of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico, 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 ...
References
Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
1800s births
1860s deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Year of death uncertain
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