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20th-century Puerto Rican politicians
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The list 20th-century Puerto Rican politicians includes
Sila María Calderon, Pedro Pierluisi, Manuel Zeno Gandía, Cayetano Coll y Toste and Roberto Sánchez Vilella.
The list consists of 86 members
and 4 sublists.
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Sila María Calderon
Puerto Rican mayor
Overview: Sila María Calderón Serra (born September 23, 1942) is a Puerto Rican politician, businesswoman, and philanthropist who served as Governor of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2005. She is the first woman elected ...Date of birth: 23 September 1942Age: 82Nationality: Puerto RicanOccupation: PoliticianGender: Female
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Miguel Hernández Agosto
American politician
Overview: Miguel Hernández Agosto (April 5, 1927 – March 18, 2016) was a Puerto Rican politician whose service in government spanned several generations. Affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD), he started ...Date of birth: 5 April 1927Date of death: 18 March 2016Age: 88 (age at death)Occupation: Politician 0
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Blanca Canales
Puerto Rican politician
Overview: Blanca Canales (February 17, 1906 – July 25, 1996) was an educator and a Puerto Rican Nationalist. Canales joined the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party in 1931 and helped organize the Daughters of Freedom ...Date of birth: 17 February 1906Date of death: 25 July 1996Age: 90 (age at death)Nationality: Puerto RicanOccupation: ActivistGender: Female 0
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Luis A. Ferré
American politician
Overview: Don Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo (February 17, 1904 – October 20, 2003) was a Puerto Rican engineer, industrialist, politician, philanthropist, and a patron of the arts. He was the Governor of Puerto ...Date of birth: 17 February 1904Date of death: 21 October 2003Age: 99 (age at death)Nationality: Puerto RicanOccupation: BusinessGender: Male 0
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Aida Alvarez
Puerto Rican politician
Overview: Aída M. Álvarez (born 1950) is a Puerto Rican businesswoman and politician. She is the first Latina woman to hold a United States Cabinet-level position, as the Administrator of the Small Business Adm ... 0
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Eduardo Georgetti
American politician
Overview: Eduardo Georgetti (October 11, 1866 – 1937), was an agriculturist, businessman, philanthropist, and politician. Georgetti, who came from a family of landowners, became one of Puerto Rico's wealthiest sugar ...Date of birth: 11 October 1866Date of death: 1937Age: 70 (age at death)Nationality: Puerto RicanOccupation: Business 0
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Eduardo Bhatia
American politician
Overview: Eduardo Bhatia Gautier (born May 16, 1964) is an attorney and politician practicing in Puerto Rico. Bhatia, a former 15th President of the Senate of Puerto Rico and former executive director of the Puerto ... 0
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Pedro Pierluisi
Puerto Rican, Attorney
Overview: Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia (born April 26, 1959) is a Puerto Rican attorney, lobbyist, and politician who is the New Progressive Party's nominee for Governor of Puerto Rico in the 2020 elections, ... 0
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Jorge de Castro Font
American politician
Overview: Jorge Adolfo de Castro-Font (born on September 10, 1963) is a former Puerto Rican Senator and former member of the House of Representatives. Originally, he was a member of the Popular Democratic Party ... 0
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Manuel Zeno Gandía
Puerto Rican writer
Overview: Manuel Zeno Gandía (January 10, 1855 – January 30, 1930) was a Puerto Rican physician, poet, novelist, journalist and politician. He is best known as the author of La Charca (The Pond), a novel ...Date of birth: 10 January 1855Date of death: 1930Age: 74 (age at death)Nationality: Puerto RicanOccupation: DoctorGender: Male 0
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Luis Fortuño
Puerto Rican politician
Overview: Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset (born 31 October 1960) is a Puerto Rican politician who served as Governor of Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States of America, and as president of the New Progressive ... 0
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Antonio Fernós-Isern
American politician
Overview: Dr. Antonio Fernós Isern (May 10, 1895 – January 19, 1974) was the first Puerto Rican cardiologist and the longest serving Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in the United States Congress.Date of birth: 10 May 1895Date of death: 19 January 1974Age: 78 (age at death)Nationality: Puerto RicanOccupation: Politician 0
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Cayetano Coll y Toste
Puerto Rican historian and writer
Overview: Dr. Cayetano Coll y Toste (November 30, 1850 – November 19, 1930), was a Puerto Rican historian and writer. He was the patriarch of a prominent family of Puerto Rican educators, politicians and writers ...Date of birth: 30 November 1850Date of death: 19 November 1930Age: 79 (age at death)Nationality: Puerto RicanOccupation: Writer 0
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Roberto Sánchez Vilella
Puerto Rican politician
Overview: Roberto Sánchez Vilella (19 February 1913 – 24 March 1997) was Governor of Puerto Rico, holding the position from 1965 to 1969. Sánchez Vilella successfully ran for governor in the 1964 elections for ...Date of birth: 19 February 1913Date of death: 24 March 1997Age: 84 (age at death)Nationality: Puerto RicanOccupation: Politician 0
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Rafael Hernández Colón
American politician
Overview: Rafael Hernández Colón (October 24, 1936 – May 2, 2019) was a Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 1973 to 1977 and 1985 to 1993 for a total of three terms. An experienced ...Date of birth: 24 October 1936Date of death: 2 May 2019Age: 82 (age at death)Occupation: Politician 0
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Ruth Fernández
American politicianOverview: Ruth Fernández (23 May 1919 – 9 January 2012) was a Puerto Rican contralto and a member of the Puerto Rican Senate. According to the "Comisiones Nacionales para la Celebración del Quinto Centenario" ( ...Date of birth: 23 May 1919Date of death: 9 January 2012Age: 92 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: MusicianGender: Female 0
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Ana Nisi Goyco
Puerto Rican politician and beauty pageant titleholder
Overview: Ana Nisi Goyco Graziani (March 9, 1951 in Ponce, Puerto Rico – February 8, 2019 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) was a Puerto Rican politician and senator, pharmacist, and beauty queen. She won the Miss Mundo de ...Date of birth: 9 March 1950Date of death: 8 February 2019Age: 68 (age at death)Nationality: Puerto RicanOccupation: ModelGender: Female 0
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María Luisa Arcelay
Puerto Rican politician and businessmanOverview: María Luisa Arcelay (December 23, 1898 – October 17, 1981), was an educator, businesswoman and politician. In November 1932, she became the first woman in Puerto Rico to be elected to a government leg ...Date of birth: 23 December 1893Date of death: 17 October 1981Age: 87 (age at death)Nationality: Puerto RicanOccupation: Educator 0
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Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
American politician
Overview: Aníbal Salvador Acevedo Vilá (born 13 February 1962) is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer. He served as Governor of Puerto Rico, a Commonwealth of the United States, from 2005 to 2009. He is a Harvard ... 0
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Charles Henry Juliá Barreras
Puerto Rican politician (1908–1878)Overview: Charles Henry Juliá Barreras (May 7, 1908 – July 28, 1979) was a three-time member of the Senate of Puerto Rico. He won a seat in the Senate of Puerto Rico for the Partido Estadista Republicano in the ...Date of birth: 7 May 1908Date of death: 28 July 1979Age: 71 (age at death)Nationality: Puerto RicanOccupation: Politician 0
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