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Angel Martin Taboas

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Angel Martin Taboas
Angel Martin Taboas
Angel Martin Taboas on his 100th birthday in 2018
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Angel Martin Taboas [Spanish: Martín] (18 June 1918 - 27 October 2023) was a Puerto Rican centenarian who was a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, appointed by Governor Luis A. Ferre in 1971, after having served as Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury, or "Hacienda".

Biography[]

Born on 18 June 1918 in Corozal, Puerto Rico, Martin Taboas obtained a bachelor's degree in economics in 1939 and an MBA in 1940, both from the University of Pennsylvania, After grduatng from the Army ROTC and was activated in 1940 to active duty in the United States Army, he was sent to Fort Benning for advanced officer school.

He served as Military Aide to Governor Rexford Tugwell during World War II and lived in the Governor's Mansion, "La Fortaleza". After the war, he continued in government service and obtained his law degree in 1953 from the Tulane University Law School.

He served as Secretary of Treasury of Puerto Rico from 1970 until 1971. He was later appointed to the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico and served as an Associate Justice for eleven years until his retirement in 1982.

He was married to Carmen Viola Garcia. He is the father of University of Puerto Rico law professor and former Senator Fernando Martin, the Executive President of the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP).

Martin Taboas turned 100 in June 2018. He died on 27 October 2023 at the age of 105 years. He was buried at the Puerto Rico National Cemetery in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

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