José Tormos Diego

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Tormos and the second or maternal family name is Diego.
José Tormos Diego
Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
In office
1937–1941
Preceded by Blas Oliveras
Succeeded by Andrés Grillasca Salas
Personal details
Nationality Puerto Rican
Profession politician

José Tormos Diego (born ca. 1875 - died ca. 1976) was a Puerto Rican politician and Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1937 to 1941. He is best remembered for under his administration the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party received a permit for a peaceful march, which resulted in the Ponce Massacre by Insular Police under authority supplied by US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Governor Blanton Winship.[1][2][3]

Mayoral selection

Antonio M. Delgado had been elected mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1936. However he died before taking office.[4] Jose Tormos Diego was selected by the standing political party to replace Mr. Delgado.

Ponce massacre

Tormos Diego is best known for under his administration the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party received a permit for a peaceful march, which resulted in the Ponce Massacre by Insular Police under authority supplied by US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Governor Blanton Winship.[5][6][7] Tormos Diego also rebuilt Teatro La Perla during his administration.

Legacy

Tormos Diego rebuilt the historic Teatro La Perla in 1940. During the project he also reconditioned the Teatro La Perla northern annex to be used as headquarters of the municipal public library.[8] In Ponce there is a public housing development named after him.

References

  1. ↑ Handed permit to the Nationalists
  2. ↑ Jose Enrique Ayoroa Santaliz. La Masacre de Ponce: Breve relacion de hechos y algunos de sus personajes. Ponce Massacre Museum. March 2011.
  3. ↑ Informacion sobre Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico: Pueblo a Pueblo. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  4. ↑ Alcaldia de Ponce Cuidad Senorial. Iris Antongiorgi Concepcion and Gladys E. Tormes Gonzalez, Ponce Historical Archives. March 18, 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  5. ↑ Handed permit to the Nationalists
  6. ↑ Jose Enrique Ayoroa Santaliz. La Masacre de Ponce: Breve relacion de hechos y algunos de sus personajes. Ponce Massacre Museum. March 2011.
  7. ↑ Informacion sobre Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico: Pueblo a Pueblo. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  8. ↑ Information retrieved from the commemorative plaque in the lobby of Teatro La Perla in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Its complete name in 1940 was "Auditorio y Libreria Publica La Perla".

See also

Political offices
Preceded by
Blas Oliveras		 Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
1937–1941 		Succeeded by
Andrés Grillasca Salas
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