Juan Rondón

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Rondón and the second or maternal family name is Martinez.
Juan Rondón Martinez
Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
In office
1843–1843
Preceded by José Ortíz de la Renta
Succeeded by José Ortíz de la Renta
Personal details
Profession politician

Juan Rondón Martinez was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1843.

Rondón Martinez is best known for having inaugurated, in 1843, Ponce's old cemetery (Viejo Cementerio de Ponce) on Torres Street. This cemetery, also called Antiguo Cementerio de Ponce, became the famed Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro.[1] Rondon Martinez was, in fact, the first person to be buried in this then-new cemetery.[2]

References

  1. ^ Aproximación a la Iconografía Funeraria en Puerto Rico: Análisis de Tumbas y Pinturas Puertorriqueñas Representativas de Finales del Siglo XIX al Inicio del XXI. Doctoral Thesis. By Doris E. Lugo Ramirez. ISBN 9788469179475. Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, España. 2008. Page 112.
  2. ^ United States Department of the Interior. National Park Service. National Register of Historic Places. Nomination Form #84003149. Cementerio Antiguo de Ponce (a.k.a., Cementerio Civil de Ponce) December 6, 1983. Page 3.

See also

Political offices
Preceded by
José Ortíz de la Renta		 Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
1843-1843		 Succeeded by
José Ortíz de la Renta