Santiago Polanco Abreu
Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
In office
January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1969
Preceded byAntonio Fernós-Isern
Succeeded byJorge Luis Córdova
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
In office
January 9, 1963 – January 2, 1965
Preceded byErnesto Ramos Antonini
Succeeded byArcilio Alvarado Alvarado
Personal details
Born
Santiago Iglesias Pantín

(1920-10-30)October 30, 1920
Bayamón, Puerto Rico
DiedJanuary 18, 1988(1988-01-18) (aged 67)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Resting placeIsabela Municipal Cemetery in Isabela, Puerto Rico
Political partyPopular Democratic
Other political
affiliations		Democratic
EducationUniversity of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras (BA, LLB)

Santiago Polanco-Abreu (October 30, 1920 – January 18, 1988) was the 10th Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico.

Biography

Born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, Polanco-Abreu attended elementary and high schools in Isabela, Puerto Rico. He graduated from the University of Puerto Rico, B.A., 1941, and LL.B., 1943. He joined Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity.[1][2] He was admitted to the bar in 1943 and practiced law in Isabela and San Juan. Legal adviser to the Tax Court of Puerto Rico from 1943 to 1944. He served as member of the American Bar Association and Puerto Rico Bar Association. He was one of the founders of the Institute for Democratic Studies in San José, Costa Rica.

Puerto Rico House of Representatives

He served in the House of Representatives, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1949 to 1964.[1] He served as member of the Constitutional Convention of Puerto Rico in 1951-1952. He was appointed speaker of the house from 1963 to 1964.

Congress

Polanco-Abreu was elected as a Popular Democrat to be Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico to the United States Congress, November 3, 1964, for the term ending January 3, 1969. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1968.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law. He was a resident of San Juan, Puerto Rico, until his death there on January 18, 1988.

He was interred at the Isabela Municipal Cemetery in Isabela, Puerto Rico.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Hernández, Rosario (July 20, 1993), R. de la C. 1310 (PDF) (in Spanish), House of Representatives of Puerto Rico, p. 2, retrieved September 1, 2010
  2. ^ "Capitulo Eterno". fisigmaalfa.org. Archived from the original on April 15, 2008. Retrieved April 27, 2008.

References

Political offices Preceded byErnesto Ramos Antonini Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico 1963–1965 Succeeded byArcilio Alvarado Alvarado U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byAntonio Fernós-Isern Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico 1965–1969 Succeeded byJorge Luis Córdova

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