Carlos Romero Barceló

Carlos Antonio Romero Barceló (September 4, 1932 – May 2, 2021) was a Puerto Rican politician. He served as the fifth Governor of Puerto Rico. He was the second governor to be elected from the New Progressive Party (PNP) and also Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001.

On July 3, 2017, he was appointed by Governor Ricky Rosselló as Puerto Rico's first United States Shadow Senator to the U.S. Senate.

Romero Barceló was hospitalized in San Juan, Puerto Rico in March 2021 for sepsis and a urinary tract infection. He died a month later on May 2, 2021 at the age of 88.

References

Other websites

Hispanic Americans in Congress: Carlos Romero-Barceló
The National League of Cities

Movie: "Bajo otra Bandera" made 1997.

Category:1932 births
Category:2021 deaths
Category:Deaths from sepsis
Category:Deaths from urinary tract infection
Category:Infectious disease deaths in Puerto Rico
Category:United States Shadow senators from Puerto Rico
Category:Governors of Puerto Rico
Category:Mayors of San Juan, Puerto Rico
Category:Resident commissioners of Puerto Rico