Luis Muñoz Rivera (senator)

This article is about the Puerto Rican senator. For the Resident Commissioner, see Luis Muñoz Rivera.
Luis Muñoz Rivera
Member of the Puerto Rico Senate
from the district
In office
1965–1968
Personal details
Born 1916
Died 2006 (aged 89–90)
Political party Popular Democratic Party (PPD)
Occupation Politician, Senator
Luis Muñoz Rivera School in Harlem

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

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. 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 and in 2005 was appointed president emeritus by Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá.

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.

Sources

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