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Puerto Rican politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carlos Juan Cintrón Figueroa[3] (6 September 1918[4] – 5 May 1998) was mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico from 1957 to 1961. However, in year 1960,[5][6] during a period while Cintron held his post as mayor, Helvetia Nicole filled in as interim mayor.[7] After his tenure as mayor, Cintrón was president of Puerto Rico's Unión de Trabajadores de Acero (United Steelworkers of America).[8]
Carlos Juan Cintrón | |
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![]() Mayor Carlos Juan Cintrón | |
124th Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
In office 1957–1961 | |
Preceded by | José Dapena Laguna |
Succeeded by | Juan Luis Boscio |
Personal details | |
Born | 6 September 1918[1] Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico |
Died | 5 May 1998 79) Ponce, Puerto Rico | (aged
Political party | PPD[2] |
Spouse(s) | 1st: Josefina Fernandez Reyes 2nd: Rosa Gonzalez |
Children | 1st marriage: Carlos Juan, Rosa Margarita, Lillian, Enrique, Luis, and Lombardo. 2nd marriage: Brenda |
Profession | Politician |
Cintron Figueroa was born in Barrio Callabos, Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico.[9] He was the son of Luis Cintron Rodriguez and Rosa Maria Figueroa Nazario. He had a brother, 2 years older than him, named Carlos Luis.[10][11] Cintrón Figueroa married Josefina Fernandez Reyes on 22 May 1936,[12] and fathered seven children (Carlos Juan, Rosa Margarita, Lillian, Enrique, Luis, and Lombardo), in this first marriage. Josefina Fernandez Reyes was Ponce's First Lady during Cintron's tenure as mayor. After his divorce from Fernandez Reyes, he married Rosa Gonzalez from which relationship his seventh child, Brenda, was born.
Carlos Juan Cintron died on May 5, 1998, in Ponce, Puerto Rico at age 79.
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