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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Puerto RicoCOLORADO, Antonio J.
(1939—)
COLORADO, Antonio J., a Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; born in New York City, September 8, 1939; attended elementary and high school of the University of Puerto Rico; B.S., Boston University 1962; J.D., University of Puerto Rico School of Law, 1965; LL.M., Harvard University School of Law, 1966; admitted to the bar in 1966 and commenced the private practice of law in 1969; legal tax advisor, Economic Development Administration of Puerto Rico, 1966-1968; executive assistant to the Economic Development Administrator of Puerto Rico, 1968-1969; member, Puerto Rico Tax Reform Commission Sub-committee, 1973; lecturer on taxes, University of Puerto Rico Law School, 1978-1980; Inter-American University, 1980; appointed Administrator of Economic Development by Governor Rafael Hernandez Colon of Puerto Rico in 1985; Secretary of State, Puerto Rico, 1990-1992; appointed as a Democrat to the One Hundred Second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Resident Commissioner Jaime B. Fuster (February 21, 1992-January 3, 1993); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1992 to the One Hundred Third Congress; is a resident of San Juan, P.R.
“Antonio J. Colorado” in Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-1995
. Prepared under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by Carmen E. Enciso and Tracy North, Hispanic Division, Library of Congress. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1995.
Colorado, Antonio J. Democracia y Socialismo: Dos Ensayos Politicos.
San Juan, P.R.; Rio Piedra, P.R.: Editorial Raíces, 1990.
———. The First Book of Puerto Rico.
New York: F. Watts, 1965. Revised, New York: F. Watts, 1972.
———. Puerto Rico: La Tierra y Otros Ensayos.
San Juan, P.R.: Editorial Cordillera, 1972.
———. Puerto Rico y tú; libro de estudios sociales para la escuela elemental
. San Juan, P.R.: Departamento de Instrucción, 1952.
———. Semblanzas de Ayer y de Hoy.
San Juan, P.R.: Editorial Raíces, 1990.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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