Reinaldo Paniagua Diez

Reinaldo Paniagua Diez (July 20, 1934 – January 29, 2021) was a Puerto Rican politician who was the seventh Puerto Rico Secretary of State from January 2, 1977, to 1979, under Governor Carlos Romero Barceló and served as acting Governor whenever the governor was traveling. He had previously been Romero-Barceló's campaign manager during the 1976 gubernatorial campaign. Reinaldo Paniagua Diez was owned the Caribbean winter baseball team, Santurce Cangrejeros from 1976 to 2002.

Reinaldo Paniagua Diez
Member of the Puerto Rico Senate from the At-large district
In office 1985–1989
7th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico
In office 1977-1979
Governor	Carlos Romero Barceló
Preceded by	Juan A. Albors
Succeeded by	Pedro Vázquez
Personal details
Born	July 20, 1934 Santurce, Puerto Rico
Died	January 29, 2021 (aged 86) Syracuse, New York
Political party	New Progressive Party
Profession	Politician

Paniagua was born on July 20, 1934,^[1] to Rita Diez and Reinaldo Paniagua. He died on January 29, 2021, of natural causes.^[2]

References

1. "National Association of Secretaries of State Handbook". 1977.
2. Fallece el expropietario de los Cangrejeros en el béisbol invernal, Reinaldo “Poto” Paniagua (in Spanish)