List of University of Puerto Rico people

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This list of University of Puerto Rico people includes alumni, faculty, and presidents of University of Puerto Rico systemwide.

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Presidents

PresidentYears
Prof. Jaime Benitez 1966–1971
Dr. Amador Cobas 1971–1973
Dr. Arturo Morales Carrion 1973–1977
Dr. Ismael Almodovar 1977–1985
Lic. Fernando Agrait 1985–1990
Dr. Jose M. Saldana 1990–1993
Dr. Norman Maldonado 1993–2001
Lic. Antonio García Padilla 2001–2009
Dr. Jose Ramon de la Torre 2010–2011
Dr. Miguel Muñoz2011-2013

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Luis A. Ferré</span> Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Don Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo was a Puerto Rican engineer, industrialist, politician, philanthropist, and a patron of the arts. He was the governor of Puerto Rico from 1969 to 1973. He was the founder of the New Progressive Party, which advocates for Puerto Rico to become a state of the United States of America. He is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pedro Rosselló</span> Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Pedro Juan Rosselló González is a Puerto Rican physician and politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001. He was President of the New Progressive Party from 1991 to 1999 and 2003 to 2008, and served as Senator for the District of Arecibo from 2005 to 2008. His son, Ricardo, was also Governor of Puerto Rico from 2017 to 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Puerto Rico</span> Main public university system of Puerto Rico

The University of Puerto Rico, often shortened to UPR, is the main public university system in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It is a government-owned corporation with 11 campuses and approximately 44,200 students and approximately 4,450 faculty members. UPR has the largest and most diverse academic offerings in the commonwealth, with 472 academic programs of which 32 lead to a doctorate.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pedro Albizu Campos</span> Puerto Rican politician and independence advocate

Pedro Albizu Campos was a Puerto Rican attorney and politician, and a leading figure in the Puerto Rican independence movement. He was the president and spokesperson of the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico from 1930 until his death. He led the nationalist revolts of October 1950 against the United States government in Puerto Rico. Albizu Campos spent a total of twenty-six years in prison at various times for his Puerto Rican independence activities.

The New Progressive Party is a political party in Puerto Rico that advocates statehood. The PNP is one of the two major parties in Puerto Rico with significant political strength and currently holds both the seat of the governor and of the resident commissioner.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Puerto Rican Socialist Party</span> Political party

The Puerto Rican Socialist Party was a Marxist and pro-independence political party in Puerto Rico seeking the end of United States of America control on the Hispanic and Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. It proposed a "democratic workers' republic".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Antonio Fernós Isern</span> Puerto Rican cardiologist and politician (1895–1974)

Antonio Fernós Isern was the first Puerto Rican cardiologist and the longest serving Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in the United States Congress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Senate of Puerto Rico</span> Subnational legislature

The Senate of Puerto Rico is the upper house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, the territorial legislature of Puerto Rico. The Senate, together with the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico, control the legislative branch of the government of Puerto Rico.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Luis Fortuño</span> Puerto Rican politician (born 1960)

Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, from 2009 to 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jayuya Uprising</span> Puerto Rican nationalist revolt that took place on October 30, 1950

The Jayuya Uprising, also known as Jayuya Revolt or Cry of Jayuya, was a Nationalist insurrection that took place on October 30, 1950, in the town of Jayuya, Puerto Rico. The insurrection, led by Blanca Canales, was one of the multiple insurrections that occurred throughout Puerto Rico on that day against the Puerto Rican government supported by the United States. The insurrectionists were opposed to US sovereignty over Puerto Rico.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Puerto Rican literature</span> From oral story telling to its present-day

Puerto Rican literature is the body of literature produced by writers of Puerto Rican descent. It evolved from the art of oral storytelling. Written works by the indigenous inhabitants of Puerto Rico were originally prohibited and repressed by the Spanish colonial government.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2008 Puerto Rican general election</span>

General elections were held in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, to elect the officials of the government that would serve for the next four years, most notably the Governor of Puerto Rico.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">José Luis Dalmau</span> Puerto Rican politician (born 1966)

José Luis Dalmau Santiago is an attorney and politician. He is the current President of the Senate of Puerto Rico.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Utuado uprising</span> 1950 revolt against the US by Nationalist party in Utuado, Puerto Rico

The Utuado uprising, also known as the Utuado revolt or El Grito de Utuado, refers to the revolt against the United States government in Puerto Rico which occurred on October 30, 1950, in the town of Utuado. There were simultaneous revolts in various other towns in Puerto Rico, including the capital of San Juan and the cities of Mayaguez and Arecibo, plus major confrontations in the city of Ponce and the towns of Peñuelas and Jayuya.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Puerto Rican Nationalist Party insurgency</span> Armed pro-independence protests

The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party insurgency was a series of coordinated insurrections for the secession of Puerto Rico led by the president of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, Don Pedro Albizu Campos, against the United States government's rule over the islands of Puerto Rico. The party repudiated the "Free Associated State" status that had been enacted in 1950 and which the Nationalists considered a continuation of colonialism.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leopoldo Figueroa</span> Puerto Rican politician

Leopoldo Figueroa a.k.a. "The deacon of the Puerto Rican Legislature", was a Puerto Rican politician, journalist, medical doctor and lawyer. Figueroa, who began his political career as an advocate of Puerto Rican Independence, was the co-founder of the "Independence Association", one of three political organizations which merged to form the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. Figueroa, had changed political ideals and in 1948, was a member of the Partido Estadista Puertorriqueño. That year, he was the only member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives who did not belong to the Partido Popular Democrático (PPD), and the only Representative to oppose the PPD's approval of what became known as the Ley de la Mordaza, which violated the civil rights of those who favored Puerto Rican Independence. On December 22, 2006, the Puerto Rican Legislature approved a law declaring every September 21, Leopoldo Figueroa Carreras Day.

References

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  6. Luis Roberto Guzmán
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  10. Biographical information from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
  11. Association of the University of Puerto Rico Alumni and Friends Abroad (UPRAA)