Antonio Fortún Explained

Honorific Prefix:Coronel
Antonio Fortún
Order1:51st
Office1:Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Term Start1:April 1850
Term End1:8 January 1851
Predecessor1:Flavius Dede
Successor1:Manuel Cedeño de Poveda
Birth Date:c. 1800
Death Date:c. 1860
Profession:Military

Antonio Fortún (ca. 1800  - ca. 1860) was the first corregidor Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico. He was the top civil authority in the municipality of Ponce from April 1850 to 8 January 1851. He was a Spanish military officer with the rank of Coronel.[1]

Mayoral term

As corregidor, he had been named by the Spanish Crown to serve as Alcalde, but had both administrative duties and judicial powers.[2] Fortún was he first corregidor in Ponce. It resulted from the Spanish Crown Order of 13 December 1849, which mandated Puerto Rico Provincial governor Juan de la Pezuela to institute a corregidor in Ponce. This he did via his Announcement dated 19 March 1850. In the following month (April), Antonio Fortún took over. At the time of this assignment, Fortún was the military commander of the district of Ponce.[3]

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References

  1. http://www.trebpr.com/municipios/ponce_e.php Municipios – Ponce
  2. Socorro Girón. Ponce, el Teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 1992. page 52.
  3. Eduardo Neumann Gandia. Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. p. 51.

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