Luis Muñoz Rivera (senator)
- Luis Muñoz Rivera (senator)
Luis Muñoz Rivera (1916-2006) was born the same year in which his more famous namesake, Resident Commissioner Luis Muñoz Rivera, died. Former senator Luis Muñoz Rivera was the last surviving delegate of Puerto Rico's Constitutional Convention, which met in 1951 and 1952.
Public life
Muñoz Rivera entered public life as San Juan Mayor Felisa Rincon's right-hand man, serving as her Special Assistant, Auditor and Budget Director for the City of San Juan.
Elected on the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico slate of delegates to Puerto Rico's Constitutional Convention, he participated actively in the drafting of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico between 1951 and 1952. Subsequently, as an attorney, he was looked upon as an important source of guidance for constitutional interpretation.
He served as a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1965 to 1968.
In his later years, he served as a member of the Puerto Rico Civil Rights Commission and in 2005 was appointed president emeritus by Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá.
The Governor, Senate President Kenneth McClintock and House Speaker José Aponte authorized a state funeral upon his death in 2006, the highest honor that Puerto Rico bestows upon its most notable citizens.
Sources
* [http://www.tribunalpr.org/Prensa/mensajes/2006/9-29-06.html Mensaje del Juez Presidente del Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico en ocasión de la muerte del licenciado Luis Muñoz Rivera]
* [http://www.tribunalpr.org/Prensa/2006/9-29-06.htm JUEZ PRESIDENTE DEL TRIBUNAL SUPREMO DE PUERTO RICO EXPRESA SUS CONDOLENCIAS POR EL FALLECIMIENTO DE LUIS MUÑOZ RIVERA]
* [http://www.fortaleza.gobierno.pr/nota.asp?id_noticia=293 Gobernador extiende nombramientos de receso a miembros de Juntas]
* [http://www.senadopr.us/Archivo_Digital/2005-2008/Actas/2006/act1009.06f.pdf]
* [http://www.derechoscivilespr.org/documentos/educacionespecial.pdf]
* [http://www.lmsj.org/ra/2006-07/R2006-0730.pdf]
* [http://www.puertoricoexpresa.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3056 Fallece último redactor de la Constitución de Puerto Rico en 1952]
* [http://ponce.inter.edu/cai/bv/derechos/Independecia_Judicial_CDC_2005.pdf]
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