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On June 8, 1950, the United States government approved Public Law 600 through the Senate, authorizing Puerto Rico to draft its own constitution in 1951. The Constitutional Assembly met for a period of several months between 1951 and 1952 in which the document was written. The framers had to follow only two basic requirements established under Public Law 600. The first was the document must establish a republican form of government for the island. The second was the inclusion of a Bill of Rights.
The Constitution of Puerto Rico formulates the "Commonwealth" (Estado Libre Asociado).
Members of the Constitutional Assembly
Delegate Party Constituency Notes Manuel Acevedo Rosario P Aguadilla Juan Alemany Silva P Guayama Arcilio Alvarado PPD San Juan I Enrique Álvarez Vicente P Arecibo Francisco L. Anselmi P Ponce Francisco A. Arrillaga PPD San Juan I Carmelo Ávila Medina P Humacao José B. Barceló P Ponce Ramón Barreto Pérez PPD San Juan I Ramón Barrios PS At-large Jaime Benítez Rexach PPD At-large Francisco Berio Suárez P Guayama Virgilio Brunet Maldonado PPD At-large Agustín Burgos P Ponce Mario Canales P Ponce Ángel Candelario Arce P Mayagüez Ernesto Carrasquillo P Humacao Dionisio Casillas P Humacao José A. Cintrón Rivera PPD At-large Luis Alfredo Colón P Aguadilla Ramiro L. Colón P Ponce Juan Dávila Díaz P Arecibo José M. Dávila Monsanto P Guayama Lionel Fernández Méndez P Guayama Antonio Fernós Isern PPD At-large Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Luis A. Ferré Aguayo P Ponce Alcides Figueroa P Aguadilla Leopoldo Figueroa Carreras PE At-large Ernesto Juan Fonfrías P San Juan II Jorge Font Saldaña PPD At-large Juan R. García Delgado P Aguadilla Miguel A. García Méndez PE Mayagüez Genaro Gautier PPD San Juan I Rubén Gaztambide Artillaga PPD San Juan I Fernando J. Géigel PPD San Juan I Darío Goitía P Arecibo María Libertad Gómez PPD At-large Héctor González Blanes PE San Juan I Andrés Grillasca P Ponce Víctor Gutiérrez Franqui PPD At-large Celestino Iriarte PE At-large Jesús Izcoa Moure P San Juan II Lorenzo Lagarde Garcés P Ponce Ramón Llobet, Jr. P San Juan II Ramiro Martínez Sandín P Arecibo Juan Meléndez Báez PPD San Juan I Ramón Mellado P San Juan II Bernardo Méndez P Aguadilla Armando Mignucci P Mayagüez José Mimoso Respaldo P Guayama Pablo Morales Otero P San Juan II Luis Muñoz Marín PPD At-large Governor of Puerto Rico Luis Muñoz Rivera PPD San Juan I Eduardo Negrón Benítez P Aguadilla Luis A. Negrón López PPD Mayagüez Abraham Nieves P Guayama Mario Orsini Martínez P Humacao Benjamín Ortiz PPD At-large Cruz Ortiz Stella P Humacao Lino Padrón Rivera PS At-large Santiago R. Palmer PPD Mayagüez Norman E. Parkhurst P San Juan II Francisco Paz Granela PPD At-large Santiago Polanco Abreu PPD Arecibo Samuel R. Quiñones PPD At-large President, Senate Ubaldino Ramírez de Arellano P Mayagüez Ramón María Ramos P Guayama Ernesto Ramos Antonini PPD At-large President, House of Representatives Antonio Reyes Delgado PS At-large Dolores Rivera Candelaria P Arecibo Heraclio H. Rivera Colón P San Juan II Alejo Rivera Morales P Humacao Álvaro Rivera Reyes P Humacao Carmelo Rodríguez García P Arecibo Carlos Román Benítez P San Juan II Alfonso Román García P Humacao Joaquín Rosa P Arecibo José Rosario Gelpí P Mayagüez Alberto E. Sánchez PPD At-large Ángel Sandín P Arecibo Luis Santaliz Capestany P Aguadilla Yldefonso Solá Morales P Guayama Juan B. Soto González PE At-large Rafael Torrech Genovés P San Juan II Lucas Torres P Ponce Pedro Torres Díaz P Humacao José Trías Monge PPD At-large Augusto Valentín Vizcarrondo P Mayagüez Baudilio Vega P Mayagüez Sigfredo Vélez González P Arecibo José Veray, Jr. P Aguadilla José Villares Rodríguez P Guayama Committees
Permanent Committees designated by Dr. Antonio Fernós Isern, President of the Constituent Convention of Puerto Rico during the September 25, 1951 session.
- Rules Committee
Ortiz Stella, Cruz; Mimoso Raspaldo, José; Colón Velázquez, Luis Alfredo; Santaliz Capestany, Luis; Fernández Méndez, Lionel; Negrón Benítez, Eduardo; Rosa Gómez, Joaquín; Vega Berríos, Baudilio; García Delgado, Juan R.; Gelpí Bosch, José Rosario; Barrios Sánchez, Ramón
- Publications and Disbursements Committee
1. Palmer Díaz, Santiago R. 2. Román García, Alfonso 3. Dávila Díaz Juan 4. Burgos Rivera, Agustín 5. Casillas Casillas, Dionisio 6. Arrillaga Gaztambide, Francisco 7. Nieves Negrón, Abraham 8. Muñoz Rivera, Luis 9. Parkhurst, Norman E. 10. García Delgado, Juan R. 11. Álvarez Vicente, Enrique
- Calendar Committee
1. Ortiz Ortiz, Benjamín 2. Rivera Colón, Heraclio H. 3. Vélez González, Sigfredo 4. Román Benítez, Carlos 5. Berio Suárez, Francisco 6. Mignucci Calder, Armando 7. Torres Díaz, Pedro 8. Torres Santos, Lucas 9. Figueroa Carreras, Leopoldo 10. García Méndez, Miguel A. 11. Barrios Sánchez, Ramón
- Preamble, Orders and Amendment Procedures Committee
1. Muñoz Marín, Luis 2. Trías Monge, José 3. Font Saldaña, Jorge 4. Ramos Antonini, Ernesto 5. Fonfrías Rivera, Ernesto Juan 6. Mellado Parsons, Ramón 7. Brunet Maldonado, Virgilio 8. Gautier Dapena, Jenaro 9. Román Benítez, Carlos 10. Colón Velázquez, Luis Alfredo 11. Ferré Aguayo, Luis A. 12. Colón Castaño, Ramiro L. 13. Reyes Delgado, Antonio 14. González Blanes, Héctor 15. Martínez Sandín, Ramiro
- Bill of Rights Committee
1. Benítez Rexach, Jaime 2. Carrasquillo Quiñones, Ernesto 3. Méndez Jiménez, Bernardo 4. Brunet Maldonado, Virgilio 5. Ortiz Stella, Cruz 6. Ribera Reyes, Álvaro 7. Paz Granela, Francisco 8. Cintrón Rivera, José A. 9. Sánchez Nazario, Alberto E. 10. Meléndez Báez, Juan 11. Alvarado Alvarado, Arcilio 12. Gaztambide Arrillaga, Rubén 13. González Blanes, Héctor 14. Figueroa Carreras, Leopoldo 15. Soto González, Juan Bautista 16. Padrón Rivera, Lino 17. Reyes Delgado, Antonio
- Legislative Branch Committee
1. Negrón López, Luis A. 2. Gaztambide Arrillaga, Rubén 3. Anselmi Rodríguez, Francisco L. 4. Rivera Colón, Heraclio H. 5. Barreto Pérez, Ramón 6. Valentín Vizcarrondo, Augusto 7. Canales Torresola, Mario 8. Ramírez de Arellano Quiñones, Ubaldino 9. Géigel Sabat, Fernando J. 10. Iriarte Miró, Celestino 11. Padrón Rivera, Lino
- Executive Branch Committee
1. Quiñones Quiñones, Samuel R. 2. Ribera Reyes, Álvaro 3. Negrón López, Luis A. 4. Goitía Montalvo, Dario 5. Rodríguez García, Carmelo 6. Morales Otero, Pablo 7. Solá Morales, Yldefonso 8. Torrech Genovés, Rafael 9. Gelpí Bosch, José Rosario 10. Veray Hernández Jr., José 11. Reyes Delgado, Antonio
- Judicial Branch Committee
1. Ramos Antonini, Ernesto 2. Villares Rodríguez, José 3. Dávila Monsanto, José M. 4. Lagarde Garcés, Lorenzo 5. Polanco Abreu, Santiago 6. Fonfrías Rivera, Ernesto Juan 7. Trías Monge, José 8. Candelario Arce, Ángel M. 9. Gutiérrez Franqui, Víctor 10. Alvarado Alvarado, Arcilio 11. Soto González, Juan Bautista 12. García Méndez, Miguel A. 13. Orsini Martínez, Mario 14. Iriarte Miró, Celestino 15. Padrón Rivera, Lino
- Transitory Dispositions and General Affairs Committee
1. Solá Morales, Yldefonso 2. Polanco Abreu, Santiago 3. Sandín Martínez, Angel 4. Anselmi Rodríguez, Francisco L. 5. Ávila Medina, Carmelo 6. Grillasca Salas, Andrés 7. Barceló Oliver, José Bartolo 8. Acevedo Rosario, Manuel 9. Figueroa Oliva, Alcides 10. Rivera Candelaria, Dolores 11. Ferré Aguayo, Luis A. 12. Llobet Díaz, Ramón 13. Veray Hernández Jr., José 14. Rivera Morales, Alejo 15. Martínez Sandín, Ramiro
- Drafting and Style Committee
1. Gutiérrez Franqui, Víctor 2. Gómez Garriga, María Libertad 3. Font Saldaña, Jorge 4. Quiñones Quiñones, Samuel R. 5. Benítez Rexach, Jaime 6. Ortiz Ortiz, Benjamín 7. Fernández Méndez, Lionel 8. Izcoa Moure, Jesús 9. Alemany Silva, Juan 10. Ramos de Jesús, Ramón María 11. Orsini Martínez, Mario
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