Gaspar Rivera Cestero

Gaspar Rivera Cestero was a former member of the Puertorican state legislature.

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 disctict 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

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  1. ^ a b Federation of Insurance Counsel quarterly (The Federation) 14: 87, 1963 
  2. ^ "Capitulo Eterno". fisigmaalfa.org. http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/eterno.htm. 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" (in spanish). Puerto Rico. pp. 10. http://www.capr.org/dmdocuments/pres/pdelc152/Ponencia_Carlos_Mondriguez.pdf. Retrieved August 21, 2010. 
  4. ^ Bayrón Toro, Fernando (2003) (in Spanish). Elecciones y Partidos Politicos de Puerto Rico 1809-2000. Mayagüez, Puerto Rico: Editorial Isla. 196. ISBN 0965018504. 
  5. ^ "Conceción de condecoraciones con motivo del Dia de la Victoria" (in spanish). La Vanguardia (Spain: La Vanguardia): pp. 16. April 1, 1959. http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.es/preview/1959/04/01/pagina-16/32740475/pdf.html. 
  6. ^ Foreign consular offices in the United States, Dept. of State, 1979, pp. 39