Gaspar Rivera Cestero Explained

Gaspar Rivera Cestero (born in 1912) was a lawyer and a former member of the Puerto Rican state legislature.

Graduated with a juris doctor from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law. He was a member of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity.^[1]

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. On September 1, 1938, he was elected as a delegate for the district of Bayamon to the board of the Puerto Rico Bar Association.^[2]

In 1940 he was elected to the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico for the district of Humacao, as a member of the "Unificación Tripartita" party.^[3]

In 1959 he was awarded the Order of Isabella the Catholic in the grade of Knight.^[4]

He was the Honorary Consul for the Federal Republic of Germany in Puerto Rico.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Capitulo Eterno . fisigmaalfa.org . 2010-12-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080415101900/http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/eterno.htm . 2008-04-15 .
2. Carlos . Mondríguez Torres . 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 . 10 . Spanish . August 25, 2009 . Puerto Rico . August 21, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727062711/http://www.capr.org/dmdocuments/pres/pdelc152/Ponencia_Carlos_Mondriguez.pdf . July 27, 2011 .
3. Book: Bayrón Toro, Fernando . 2003 . Elecciones y Partidos Politicos de Puerto Rico 1809-2000 . Editorial Isla . . 0-9650185-0-4 . Spanish . 196 .
4. News: Conceción de condecoraciones con motivo del Dia de la Victoria . . Spain . 16 . Spanish . La Vanguardia . April 1, 1959 . 26 March 2013 .
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