Rodulfo del Valle

Rodulfo del Valle

Mayor Rodulfo del Valle
Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
In office
1918–1920
Preceded by Luis Yordán Dávila
Succeeded by Francisco Parra Capó
Personal details
Born 1871[1]
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Died 1948[2]
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Nationality Puerto Rican
Profession politician

Rodulfo del Valle, a.k.a., Don Fito,[3] (1871–1948) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1918 to 1920.

Early years

Rodulfo del Valle was born in Ponce in 1871.

Political life

"He was a man that loved his hometown and was loved by his peers."[4] He was a member of the Liberal Reformist Party (Puerto Rico) in 1887 representing the town of Isabela. The Liberal Reformist Party later became the Puerto Rican Autonomist Party. Del Valle worked for the autonomy of Puerto Rico from both Spain and, later, from the United States. In the Ponce Municipal Government, del Valle was Commissioner of Public Service and Municipal Treasurer.[5]

Death and legacy

Rodulfo del Valle died in Ponce in 1948. In Ponce, there is a public school named after him.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Don Rodulfo del Valle. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  2. ↑ Don Rodulfo del Valle. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  3. ↑ Biografía de Rodulfo del Valle. Biblioteca Escolar Rodulfo del Valle. Escuela Rodulfo del Valle. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  4. ↑ Biography of Rodulfo del Valle. By Sara Ivette Reyes Álvarez, School Librarian, Rodulfo del Valle Elementary School, Ponce, Puerto Rico. December 4, 2008.
  5. ↑ Biography of Rodulfo del Valle. By Sara Ivette Reyes Álvarez, School Librarian, Rodulfo del Valle Elementary School, Ponce, Puerto Rico. December 4, 2008.
  6. ↑ The Rodulfo del Valle school in Ponce

See also

Political offices
Preceded by
Luis Yordán Dávila		 Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
1918–1920 		Succeeded by
Francisco Parra Capó


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