Gaspar Rivera Cestero

Gaspar Rivera Cestero (born in 1912) was a lawyer and a former member of the Puerto Rican state legislature.

Graduated with a juris doctor from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law. He was a member of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity.[1][2]

He was admitted to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Bar in 1935. He was also a member of the American, Puerto Rico and Inter-American Bar Associations.[1] On September 1, 1938, he was elected as a delegate for the district of Bayamon to the board of the Puerto Rico Bar Association.[3]

In 1940 he was elected to the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico for the district of Humacao, as a member of the "Unificación Tripartita" party.[4]

In 1959 he was awarded the Order of Isabella the Catholic in the grade of Knight.[5]

He was the Honorary Consul for the Federal Republic of Germany in Puerto Rico.[6]

References
  1. Federation of Insurance Counsel Quarterly, The Federation, 14: 87, 1963 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Capitulo Eterno". fisigmaalfa.org. Archived from the original on 2008-04-15. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
  3. Mondríguez Torres, Carlos (August 25, 2009). Ponencia de Carlos Mondríguez Torres En torno al P de la C 152 Ante la Comisión de Seguridad Pública y Asuntos de la Judicatura del Senado Reunida en el Colegio de Abogados 25 de agosto de 2009 (PDF) (in Spanish). Puerto Rico. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 27, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
  4. Bayrón Toro, Fernando (2003). Elecciones y Partidos Politicos de Puerto Rico 1809-2000 (in Spanish). Mayagüez, Puerto Rico: Editorial Isla. 196. ISBN 0-9650185-0-4.
  5. "Conceción de condecoraciones con motivo del Dia de la Victoria". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Spain: La Vanguardia. April 1, 1959. p. 16. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  6. Foreign consular offices in the United States, Dept. of State, 1979, p. 39.
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