This is a list of Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico's southern economic center, and the island's second most important city.[1]
The current Mayor of Ponce is Dr. María "Mayita" Meléndez Altieri, from the New Progressive Party, elected in 2008. She became the first woman elected to the office of mayor by the people of Ponce in its extensive political history. She is also the first mayor of a party other than the Popular Democratic Party in Ponce since 1989, when Rafael "Churumba" Cordero Santiago won the elections and took the oath of office that same year.
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Source: Puerto Rico Encyclopedia[2]
# | Name | In Office | Political Party |
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1 | Don Pedro Sánchez de Mathos | 1692 | |
2 | Don Dámaso de Toro | 1701 | |
3 | Don Aurelio Juan Ramírez de Arellano | 1706 | |
4 | Don Joseph de Toro | 1710 | |
5 | Don Francisco Ortíz de la Renta | 1766 |
Source: Government of the Municipality of Ponce[3]
# | Name | In Office | Political Party |
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6 | Don José Benítez | 1800 | |
7 | José Ortíz de la Renta | 1812 | |
8 | José de Toro | 1814 | |
9 | José Ortíz de la Renta | 1815 | |
10 | Alejandro Ordóñez | 1816 | |
11 | Juan Dávila | 1819 | |
12 | Francisco Vasallo | 1820 | |
13 | Joaquín Martínez | 1820 | |
14 | José de Toro | 1820 | |
15 | José Ortíz de la Renta | 1820 | |
16 | José Casimiro Ortíz de la Renta | 1821 | |
17 | Joaquín Tellechea | 1821 | |
18 | José Casimiro Ortíz de la Renta | 1821 | |
19 | José Molina | 1822 | |
20 | José Mercado | 1822 | |
21 | José Ortíz de la Renta | 1823 | |
22 | Tomás Pérez Guerra | 1826 | |
23 | Julián Villodas | 1827 | |
24 | Tomas de Renovales | 1831 | |
25 | Francisco Vasallo | 1832 | |
26 | Antonio Toro | 1833 | |
27 | Antonio Albizu | 1836 | |
28 | Juan de Dios Conde | 1836 | |
29 | José Ortíz de la Renta | 1837 | |
30 | Patricio Colón | 1838 | |
31 | Juan de Dios Conde | 1839 | |
32 | Salvador de Vives | 1840–1842 | |
33 | José Ortíz de la Renta | 1842 | |
34 | Juan Rondón | 1843 | |
35 | José Ortíz de la Renta | 1843 | |
36 | Bonifacio Martinez de Banos | 1844 | |
37 | Salvador de Vives | 1844–1845 | |
38 | Antonio Corro | 1845 | |
39 | José Zaldo | 1845 | |
40 | Antonio Corro | 1846 | |
41 | José Ortíz de la Renta | 1846 | |
42 | José de Jesús Fernández | 1846 | |
43 | David Laporte | 1847 | |
44 | Francisco Romero | 1847 | |
45 | Juan Lacot | 1848 | |
46 | José María Quesada | 1848 | |
47 | Juan Prats | 1849 | |
48 | Esteban Vidal | 1849 | |
49 | Juan Prats | 1849 | |
50 | Flavius Dede | 1850–1851 | |
51 | Manuel Cedeño de Poveda | 1851 | |
52 | Guillermo Neumann | 1851 | |
53 | Coronel Vicente Julbe | 1851–1854 | |
54 | Julio Duboc | 1854 | |
55 | Escolástico Fuentes | 1854 | |
56 | Pablo Manfredi | 1854 | |
57 | José Benito Paz Falcón | 1854 | |
58 | Antonio E. Molina | 1854 | |
59 | Coronel Félix O'Neil | 1854–1856 | |
60 | Pedro Juan Capó | 1856 | |
61 | Hilarión Pérez Guerra | 1857–1863 | |
62 | Coronel Luis de Quixano y Font de la Vall | 1863–1865 | |
63 | Francisco Olazarra | 1865 | |
64 | Francisco Carreras | 1866 | |
65 | Francisco Romero | 1866 | |
66 | Carlos Cabrera | 1866 | |
67 | Coronel Enrique O'Neil | 1866–1867 | |
68 | Demetrio Santaella | 1867–1868 | |
69 | Coronel Elicio Berriz | 1869–1870 | |
70 | Vicente Pérez Valdivieso | 1871 | |
71 | Miguel Arribas | 1871 | |
72 | Coronel Elicio Berriz | 1872 | |
73 | Francisco Arce y Romero | 1872 | |
74 | Alejandro Albizu | 1872 | |
75 | Juan Cortada y Quitana | 1873–1874 | |
76 | Rafael León y García | 1874–1875 | |
77 | Coronel Serafín Donderis | 1875–1876 | |
78 | Pedro Rosaly* | 1874 | |
79 | Juan José Cartagena | 1876–1879 | |
80 | Coronel Lucas Jiménez | 1879–1880 | |
81 | Coronel José Mileris | 1880–1881 | |
82 | Juan José Cartagena | 1881 | |
83 | Andrés Caparrós y García | 1881–1882 | |
84 | Maximo de Meana y Guridi[4] | 1882–1884 | |
85 | Rafael de Zárate y Sequera | 1884–1886 | |
86 | Ramón Elices Montes | 1886–1887 | |
87 | Ermelindo Salazar[5] | 1887 | |
88 | Fernando Díaz de Ulzurrum y Somellera | 1887–1888 | |
89 | Juan de Ponte | 1888 | |
90 | Vicente de Solivares y Miera | 1888–1889 | |
91 | Miguel Rosich y Mass | 1889–1890 | |
92 | Carlos Eusebio de Ayo | 1890–1892 | |
93 | José de Nonvilas de Vilar | 1893–1894 | |
94 | Eduardo Armstrong | 1894–1895 | |
95 | Félix Saurí y Vivas | 1895 | |
96 | Juan José Potous | 1895–1896 | |
97 | Comandante Luis Alvarado | 1896–1897 | |
98 | Miguel Rosich y Mass | 1897 | |
99 | Luis Gautier (until June 20) | 1897–1898 | |
100 | Ulpiano Colóm | 1898 | |
101 | José Lloréns Echevarría | 1898 | |
102 | Luis Porrata Doria | 1898 | |
103 | Major Albert L. Meyer | 1899 |
# | Name | Office | Political Party |
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132 | Rafael Cordero Santiago | 2000-2004 | PPD |
133 | Delis Castillo Rivera de Santiago | 2004-2005 | PPD |
134 | Francisco Zayas Seijo | 2005-2009 | PPD |
135 | Maria "Mayita" Meléndez Altieri | 2009-Now | PNP |