Marisara Pont Marchese Explained

Marisara Pont Marchese
Order1:20th
Office1:Secretary of State of Puerto Rico
Term Start1:2005
Governor1:Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
Predecessor1:Jose Izquierdo Encarnacion
Successor1:Fernando Bonilla
Term End1:2005
Birth Date:October 29, 1941
Birth Place:Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
Party:Popular Democratic Party
Democratic Party
Education:University of Puerto Rico (BS)
Columbia University (MS)

Marisara Pont Marchese (born October 29, 1941) served as the 20th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico,[1] as well as Acting Governor in the absence of Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá and the only one whose recess term ended when denied legislative confirmation. She is a public relations consultant in Puerto Rico and has held several public and partisan offices over the years.

She earned Bachelor in Humanities cum laude, from the University of Puerto Rico, 1963. Master of Science in Library. Science, from Columbia University, 1971.

She was a member of the University of Puerto Rico's Board of Trustees, appointed in 2001.[2] In 2005, she served for 5 months as the third woman and 20th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico under a recess appointment by Governor Acevedo-Vilá.[3] However, after winning Senate confirmation under the presidency of Kenneth McClintock, who would subsequently serve as the 22nd Secretary of State of Puerto Rico,[4] her nomination was rejected by the House in May of that year. Under the Constitution of Puerto Rico, the Secretary of State is the only Cabinet member requiring confirmation by both houses of the Legislature,[5] by virtue of the fact that the Secretary exercises the role of lieutenant governor.[6]

Notes and References

  1. "Puerto Rico's Gateway to the World", Ediciones Santillana, 2011,, page 195
  2. Web site: Sa. Marisara Pont Marchese . 2009-09-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081121105552/http://www.upr.edu/sindicos/mpm.htm . 2008-11-21 .
  3. Web site: Home . estado.pr.gov.
  4. Web site: Home . estado.pr.gov.
  5. http://www.constitution.org/cons/puertorico-eng.htm, Article IV, Section 5
  6. http://www.constitution.org/cons/puertorico-eng.htm Article IV, Sections 7 & 8