Ferré, Luis Alberto
Ferré, Luis Alberto
(lo͞oēs` älbār`tō fārā`), 1904–2003, Puerto Rican politician, governor of Puerto Rico (1969–73), b. Ponce. An engineer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S. 1924, M.S. 1925) and millionaire, he ran a family cement company and was elected to the the island's house of representatives in 1952. In 1967 he founded the pro-statehood New Progressive party; as its candidate he won the governorship in 1968, breaking the Popular Democratic party's 28-year domination. His reelection campaign in 1972 became a virtual referendum on statehood, which Ferré advocated. Ferré was defeated by Rafael Hernández ColónHernández Colón, Rafael, 1936–2019, governor of Puerto Rico (1973–77, 1985–93). An honors graduate of Johns Hopkins (1956) and the Univ.
..... Click the link for more information. , who espoused continuation of the commonwealth status. He was a senator in the Puerto Rican legislature for two terms (1977–85), serving as senate president during his first term.
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