Carlos Juan Cintrón

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
Mayor Carlos Juan Cintrón
124th Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
In office
1957–1961
Preceded byJosé Dapena Laguna
Succeeded byJuan Luis Boscio
Personal details
Born6 September 1918[1]
Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico
Died5 May 1998(1998-05-05) (aged 79)
Ponce, Puerto Rico
NationalityPuerto Rican
Political partyPPD[2]
Spouse(s)1st: Josefina Fernandez Reyes
2nd: Rosa Gonzalez
Children1st marriage: Carlos Juan, Rosa Margarita, Lillian, Enrique, Luis, and Lombardo.
2nd marriage: Brenda
ProfessionPolitician

Personal life

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.

See also

References
  1. Carlos J. Cintron (1918-1998). Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  2. Datos sobre Ponce: Alcaldes de Ponce (1941-2012). Travel-Ponce.com Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 13 July 2017.
  3. Carmelo Rosario Natal. Ponce En Su Historia Moderna: 1945-2002. Published by Secretaría de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2003. p. 54.
  4. Carlos Juan Cintron in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Accessed 3 February 2019.
  5. Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 22. Item 111. LCCN 92-75480
  6. United States. 86th Congress. House of Representatives Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Hearing before a Special Subcommittee on Territorial and Insular Affairs...H. R. 9234, a Bill to Provide for Amendments to the Compact between the People of Puerto Rico and the United States, and Related Legislation. Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1960. (Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce, CUTPO)
  7. Históricas las elecciones en Ponce: Una candidata a alcaldesa, un nuevo partido local y los aspirantes a la poltrona municipal no nacieron en la Perla del Sur. Associated Press. WAPA-TV. 9 August 2008. Accessed 2 August 2017. Archived on 17 February 2012 at the WayBack Machine.
  8. Buena Vista Dairy, Inc. Y Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO: Decision Numero 392, Caso Numero CA-3020. Resuelto en 23 de Junio de 1965. Junta de Relaciones del Trabajo. Government of Puerto Rico. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 23 June 1965. Accessed 2 August 2017.
  9. 1920 United States Federal Census for Carlos Juan Cintron Y Figueroa > Puerto Rico > Juana Diaz > Callabos > District 0697. Accessed 3 February 2019.
  10. 1930 United States Federal Census for Carlos Juan Cintron, Puerto Rico, Juana Diaz, Collores, District, 0010. US Census Bureau. Accessed 3 February 2019.
  11. Carlos J. Cintron (1918-1998). Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  12. Puerto Rico, Civil Registrations, 1885-2001 for Carlos J Cintrón Figueroa: Matrimonios (Marriages), Juana Díaz, Matrimonios 1931-1948. Accessed 3 February 2019.

Further reading
  • Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 173. Item 880. LCCN 92-75480
  • Carnaval de Ponce: programa. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 196x? - . Includes photos. (Archivo Histórico Municipal de Ponce, AHMP; Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce, CUTPO)
Political offices
Preceded by
José Dapena Laguna		 Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
1957–1961		 Succeeded by
Juan Luis Boscio
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