Luis Santaliz Capestany | |
State Senate: | Puerto Rico |
District: | Aguadilla |
Term Start: | 1961 |
Term End: | 1969 |
Party: | Popular Democratic Party |
Office2: | Mayor of Las Marías |
Term Start2: | 1945 |
Term End2: | 1948 |
Birth Date: | 26 October 1914 |
Birth Place: | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |
Profession: | Farmer, politician, senator |
Luis Santaliz Capestany (October 26, 1914 – November 17, 1989) was one of the members of the Constitutional Convention of Puerto Rico which met from 1951 to 1952 and drafted what is now known as the Constitution of Puerto Rico.[1] [2] Previously, he served as Mayor of the town of Las Marías, Puerto Rico from 1945 to 1948.[3]
Graduated from Academia de la Inmaculada Concepción class of 1939.
He is honored by his native town with one of its main public elementary schools, named after him.