| José Dapena Laguna | |
| State Senate: | Puerto Rico |
| District: | Ponce |
| Term Start: | 1960 |
| Term End: | 1968 |
| Order1: | 123rd |
| Office1: | Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Term Start1: | 9 November 1956 |
| Term End1: | 1 January 1957 |
| Predecessor1: | Andrés Grillasca Salas |
| Successor1: | Carlos Juan Cintrón |
| Birth Date: | 28 July 1912 |
| Birth Place: | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Death Date: | 20 September 1991 |
| Death Place: | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Nationality: | Puerto Rican |
| Party: | Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico (PDP) |
| Spouse: | Georgina Thompson |
| Children: | Jose, Maria Rosa, Georgia, Victoria Eugenia (called Baby) |
| Alma Mater: | University of Puerto Rico School of Law (JD) |
| Profession: | Attorney[1] |
José Nazario Dapena Laguna, (28 July 1912 - 20 September 1991) was a Puerto Rican attorney and Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1956.
José Dapena Laguna was born in Ponce on 28 July 1912. His parents were Ramon Dapena Pacheco and Maria Laguna y Cedo.[2] He was the father of José Dapena Thompson, mayor of Ponce from 1984 to 1988.
In 1941 he worked as a political aide in the Ponce City Hall, and was also interim municipal secretary. In 1956, he was appointed mayor of Ponce. Later that year (1956) he resigned as mayor to become a member of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico, a post for which he had been elected. In 1960 he was elected to the Puerto Rico Senate, a post he occupied until 1968.[3]
He earned a degree from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law.[4]
His wife was Georgina Thompson. His children were José (the mayor), Maria Rosa (who became the executive assistant of the first lady of Puerto Rico, Lila Mayoral de Hernandez Colon), Georgianne, and Victoria Eugenia (Baby).[5]
Dapena Laguna lead a relatively quiet life the last few years of his life. He died in Ponce on 20 September 1991, of a heart condition.[6] The government of Ponce honored him by naming the main Ponce firehouse after him.[7]