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Luis Muñoz Marín

1898–1980 · 20th century

Luis Muñoz Marín was a Puerto Rican poet, journalist and politician who founded the Popular Democratic Party and became the island's first elected governor in 1948, serving until 1965. He led the creation of the Commonwealth, or Estado Libre Asociado, with its own constitution in 1952, and backed Operation Bootstrap, which industrialised the island. He is often called the architect of modern Puerto Rico.

Luis Muñoz Marín
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Puerto Rico (United States)

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Luis Muñoz Marín. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/luis-munoz-marin
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