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8 unusual facts about Rafael Hernández Colón


Enrique Laguerre

In 1998, his peers as well as former governors Rafael Hernández Colón and Luis A. Ferré, advocated for Laguerre to be considered for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Hernán Padilla

Pro-statehood votes in 1984 were split between the PRP and the NPP, which renominated Romero, and the Popular Democratic Party was returned to power through the election to an unprecedented non-consecutive second term of Rafael Hernández Colón as Governor.

Jaime Morgan Stubbe

Appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico, Pedro Rossello in 1993, as Executive Director of Navieras, he was responsible for the privatization of Navieras de Puerto Rico, an entity created in the 1970s when during the first administration of Governor Rafael Hernández Colón the government of Puerto Rico bought out the assets of the largest shipping line serving the mainland United States-Puerto Rico market.

José Berrocal

After serving for several years as Legal Counselor to Puerto Rico Governor Rafael Hernández Colón, Berrocal was chosen to serve as president of the Puerto Rico Government Development Bank, the fiscal agent of the Government of Puerto Rico.

José Ramón Oyola

José Ramón Oyola is a banker from Puerto Rico who was selected by Governor Rafael Hernández Colón for appointment by the Board of Director of the Puerto Rico Government Development Bank to serve as the institution's president from 1985 to 1986.

Juan R. Melecio-Machuca

He was subsequently appointed a Superior Court judge by Governor Rafael Hernández Colón.

Public housing in Puerto Rico

José Enrique Arrarás was the first Secretary of Housing in 1973, appointed by Gov. Rafael Hernández Colón.

Rafael Hernández

Rafael Hernández Colón (born 1936), 4th Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico


Carmen Jovet

In 1987, The Governor of Puerto Rico Rafael Hernández Colón, named Jovet as the official coordinator in charge of the official state visit of the King and Queen of Spain.

Eddie Miró

Miró, Rafael Hernández Colón's spouse, and Raymond Dalmau became spokespersons for the testing and prevention of colon cancer in Puerto Rico once Miró announced his recovery.


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