Luis Muñoz Rivera (senator)

This article is about the Puerto Rican senator. For the Resident Commissioner, see Luis Muñoz Rivera.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Muñoz and the second or maternal family name is Rivera.
Luis Muñoz Rivera
Member of the Puerto Rico Senate
In office
1965–1968
Personal details
Born(1916-04-10)April 10, 1916
DiedOctober 6, 2006(2006-10-06) (aged 90)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Political partyPopular Democratic Party (PPD)
OccupationPolitician, Senator
Luis Muñoz Rivera School in Harlem

Luis Muñoz Rivera (April 10, 1916 – October 6, 2006) was a senator of Puerto Rico and the last surviving delegate of Puerto Rico's Constitutional Convention, which met in 1951 and 1952.[1]

Public life

Muñoz Rivera entered public life as San Juan Mayor Felisa Rincón's right-hand man, serving as her Special Assistant, Auditor and Budget Director for the City of San Juan.

Elected on the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico slate of delegates to Puerto Rico's Constitutional Convention, he participated actively in the drafting of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico between 1951 and 1952.[2] Subsequently, as an attorney, he was looked upon as an important source of guidance for constitutional interpretation.

He served as a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1965 to 1968.

In his later years, he served as a member of the Puerto Rico Civil Rights Commission[3] and in 2005 was appointed president emeritus by Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá.[4]

Upon his death, flags were flown half-staff in Puerto Rico.[5] The Governor, Senate President Kenneth McClintock and House Speaker José Aponte authorized a state funeral upon his death in 2006, the highest honor that Puerto Rico bestows upon its most notable citizens.

References

  1. ^ "Conversando con el país" (PDF) (in Spanish). Comisión de Derechos Civiles Fundación Felisa Rincón de Gautier. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Fallece último redactor de la Constitución de Puerto Rico en 1952" (in Spanish). Puerto Rico Se Expresa. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007.
  3. ^ "Independencia Judicial (2005)" (PDF). Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). la Comisión de Derechos Civiles. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2006-09-02. Retrieved 2007-05-30.
  4. ^ "Gobernador extiende nombramientos de receso a miembros de Juntas" (in Spanish). August 13, 2005. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007.
  5. ^ "Actas del Senado del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico Decimoquinta Asamblea Legislativa Curta Sesion Ordinario Año 2006" (PDF). Puerto Rico Senate (in Spanish). October 9, 2006. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2007.