Jaime Fuster
Jaime Fuster | |
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Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico | |
In office January 3, 1985 – March 4, 1992 | |
Preceded by | Baltasar Corrada del Río |
Succeeded by | Antonio Colorado |
Personal details | |
Born | Popular Democratic | January 12, 1941
Other political affiliations | Democratic |
Education | University of Notre Dame (BA) University of Puerto Rico School of Law (LLB) Columbia Law School (LLM) |
Jaime Benito Fuster Berlingeri (January 12, 1941 – December 3, 2007)
Education
He obtained his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1962 and his Law Degree form the University of Puerto Rico School of Law in 1965. He later obtained a Master's Degree in Law from Columbia Law School in 1966. He then received a fellowship in law and humanities at Harvard University. In 1985, he received a Doctorate, Honoris Causa, from Temple University.
Political career
In 1979, Fuster was named Deputy Assistant
In 1992, Governor Rafael Hernández Colón appointed him to the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. Fuster resigned from his Resident Commissioner position on March 4, 1992 to take an appointment as associate justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. He took the oath of office on March 4, 1992 after confirmation by the Senate, serving on the Court until his death.
Fuster was affiliated with the
Death
Fuster died during the early hours of December 3, 2007 from cardiac arrest. He was buried at Buxeda Memorial Park Cemetery in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. His death left the Supreme Court in an unprecedented position with two seats vacant.
See also
- List of Puerto Ricans
- List of Hispanic Americans in the United States Congress
- Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico
- Federico Hernández Denton, Chief Justice of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court
- Francisco Rebollo, Associate Justice of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court
- Liana Fiol Matta, Associate Justice of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court
References
External links
- United States Congress. "Jaime Fuster (id: F000435)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Hispanic Americans in Congress: Jaime Fuster
- Supreme Court of Puerto Rico: "Conservative and Slow" (Conservador y lento) - Primera Hora; Oscar J. Serrano; April 2, 2007 Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- Appearances on C-SPAN