Rafael Hernández Colón
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Rafael Hernández Colón was a Puerto Rican politician who served as the fourth and sixth democratically elected governor of Puerto Rico from 1973 to 1977 and 1985 to 1993. He previously served as the s
Hernández Colón in 1973
dignitaries at the 1974 dedication of Roberto Clemente Park in Miami, Florida; from left to right: unidentified man, Hernandez, Reubin Askew (governor of Florida), Maurice Ferré (mayor of Miami), Claude Pepper (U.S. Congressman), Mildred Pepper
1985 portrait photograph
Flags at half-mast in the Vega Alta square after Hernández death on May 2, 2019
Lila Mayoral Wirshing
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Lila María Mercedes Mayoral Wirshing was the wife of the Governor of Puerto Rico Rafael Hernández Colón, and was First Lady during his three terms as governor.
Rafael Hernández Colón
…Muñoz Mendoza succeeded him as president of the party and later became a gubernatorial candidate herself. On October 24, 1959, Hernández Colón married Lila Mayoral Wirshing, daughter of the industrialist Juan Eugenio Mayoral Renovales (1906-1967), founder of Ponce Candy Industries. Rafael Hernández Colón and Lila Mayoral…
Wirshing, Lila Mayoral