Antonio Albizu

Antonio Albizu[3] (ca. 1776 – ca. 1856) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1 January 1836[4] to sometime later in 1836, when Juan de Dios Conde took over the mayoral administration.[5]

Antonio Albizu
27th Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
In office
1 January 1836[1] – ? 1836[2]
Preceded byAntonio Toro
Succeeded byJuan de Dios Conde
Personal details
Bornca. 1776
Diedca. 1856

Background

Antonio Albizu came to Puerto Rico from Venezuela around 1821 and settled in Ponce.[6] He became a landowner and hacendado and owned hacienda Rita.[7]

Mayoral term

In 1836 Antonio Albizu was part of a novel establishment in Ponce: a new, permanent ayuntamiento. While Juan de Dios Conde was mayor, Antonio Albizu, together with Juan Rondón performed as "teniente alcalde". Also working closely with Albizu were Juan Pablo Aponte (regidor decano, known today as president of the municipal council), and six council members: Valentin Tricoche, Geronimo Rabassa, Pablo Manfredi, Jose Ortiz de la Renta, Fernando Matute, and Luis Font. Additional personnel at the ayuntamiento were Luciano Ortiz de la Renta, procurador del común (a sort of townspeople representative), and Javier de Solis (Council clerk). The ayuntamiento did not meet in a public building during these early beginnings, but was organized under Puerto Rico governor Miguel de la Torre to meet at the house of a notable local citizen, Domingo Arévalo.[8]

See also

References
  1. Ponce Municipality: Mayors. Archived 9 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. National Endowment for the Humanities. 2019. Accessed 19 March 2019.
  2. Ponce Municipality: Mayors. Archived 9 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine Grupo Editorial EPRL. Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. National Endowment for the Humanities. 2019. Accessed 19 March 2019.
  3. Municipio de Ponce: Alcaldes en su Historia. Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. Fundación Puertorriqueña para las Humanidades. 2018. Accessed 2 May 2018. "Municipalities: Ponce". Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  4. Ponce Municipality: Mayors. Archived 9 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. National Endowment for the Humanities. 2019. Accessed 19 March 2019.
  5. Ponce Municipality: Mayors. Archived 9 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. National Endowment for the Humanities. 2019. Accessed 19 March 2019.
  6. Eduardo Neumann Gandía. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 13.
  7. Eduardo Neumann Gandía. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 79.
  8. Eduardo Neumann Gandía. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. pp. 50-51.

Further reading
  • Ramon Marin. Las Fiestas Populares de Ponce. Editorial Universidad de Puerto Rico. 1994.


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