Angel Martín is a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

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, appointed by Governor Luis A. Ferré

Luis A. Ferré

Don Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo was a Puerto Rican engineer, industrialist, politician, philanthropist, and a patron of the arts. He was the third Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1969 to 1973, and the founding father of the New Progressive Party which advocates for Puerto Rico...

 in 1971, after having served as Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury, or "Hacienda".

Born in Corozal, Puerto Rico

Corozal, Puerto Rico

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, Martín obtained a bachelors degree in Economics in 1939 and an MBA in 1940, both from the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

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, before entering military service. In the early 1940's, Martín served as Military Aide to Governor Rexford Tugwell

Rexford Tugwell

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 during World War II and actually lived in the Governor's Mansion, "La Fortaleza

La Fortaleza

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". After the war, he continued in government service and obtained his law degree in 1953 from the Tulane University Law School

Tulane University Law School

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.

He served on the Supreme Court for eleven years before retiring in 1982.

Married to the former Carmen Viola García, he is the father of University of Puerto Rico

University of Puerto Rico

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 law professor and former Senator Fernando Martín

Fernando Martín

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, the Executive President of the Puerto Rican Independence Party

Puerto Rican Independence Party

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(PIP).

Sources

• La Justicia en sus Manos by Luis Rafael Rivera, ISBN 1-57581-884-1