| Office | Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico |
|---|---|
| Term start | February 21, 1992 |
| Term end | January 3, 1993[a] |
| Predecessor | Jaime Fuster |
| Successor | Carlos Romero Barceló |
| Office 1 | Secretary of State of Puerto Rico |
| Governor 1 | Rafael Hernández Colón |
| Term start 1 | 1990 |
| Term end 1 | March 4, 1992 |
| Predecessor 1 | Sila Calderón |
| Successor 1 | Salvador M. Padilla Escabi |
| Birth name | Antonio José Colorado Laguna |
| Birth date | September 8, 1939 (age 86) |
| Birth place | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Party | Popular Democratic |
| Other party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Delia Castillo (m. 1965)[1][2] |
| Education | Boston University (BS) University of Puerto Rico (JD) Harvard University (LLM) |
Antonio José Colorado Laguna (born September 8, 1939) is an American lawyer and politician from New York. He served as Secretary of State of Puerto Rico and Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico for the administration of Rafael Hernández Colón.
Biography
Colorado attended elementary and high school in Puerto Rico. In 1962, he earned a bachelor's degree from Boston University and three years later graduated from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law with a Juris Doctor. In 1966, he earned a master of Laws from the Harvard Law School and was admitted to the Puerto Rican bar. He is a member of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity.[3]
From 1966 to 1968 he served as legal tax adviser to the Puerto Rico Economic Development Administration, and from 1968 to 1969 he served as the executive assistant to the economic development administrator of Puerto Rico. He began a law practice in 1969, and became a member of the Puerto Rico Tax Reform Commission Subcommittee in 1973.
In the late 1970s, in addition to his law practice, he lectured at both the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras and the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico. In 1985, then Governor of Puerto Rico, Rafael Hernández Colón, appointed Colorado to the post of administrator of economic development. From 1990 to 1992 he served as Secretary of State for Puerto Rico.
In 1992, Colorado was appointed Resident Commissioner to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jaime B. Fuster, who was appointed associate justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. In the United States House of Representatives Colorado tried to address problems faced by Puerto Ricans, such as crime and drug abuse, and requested additional medicaid support for the Island.
He was unsuccessful in his 1992 bid for election and returned to San Juan, Puerto Rico. He served as Executive Director of the Local Redevelopment Authority for the former Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, a facility that was abandoned by the United States Navy after naval shelling practices ended in nearby Vieques, Puerto Rico.
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References
- ^ Letters to the Federal Election Commission
- ^ Who's Who, Marquis (1983). Who's Who in American Law. Marquis Who's Who. ISBN 9780837935034.
- ^ Hernández, Rosario (July 20, 1993), "R. de la C. 1310" (in Spanish), House of Representatives of Puerto Rico, p. 2, archived from the original on September 27, 2011, retrieved September 1, 2010
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- ^ Colorado's official service begins on the date of the special election, while he was not sworn in until March 4, 1992.[4]