Jesús T. Piñero
Jesús Piñero | |
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Piñero in 1945 | |
| Governor of Puerto Rico | |
| In office September 2, 1946 – January 2, 1949 | |
| Preceded by | Rexford Tugwell |
| Succeeded by | Luis Muñoz Marín (elected) |
| Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico | |
| In office January 3, 1945 – September 2, 1946 | |
| Preceded by | Bolívar Pagán |
| Succeeded by | Antonio Fernós-Isern |
| President of the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee | |
| In office 1948–1952 | |
| Succeeded by | Julio Enrique Monagas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jesús Toribio Piñero Jiménez April 16, 1897 |
| Died | November 19, 1952 (aged 55) |
| Resting place | Carolina Municipal Cemetery in Carolina, Puerto Rico |
| Party | Popular Democratic |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic |
| Spouse | Aurelia Bou Ledesma |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | University of Pennsylvania University of Puerto Rico (BA) |
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Jesús T. Piñero Jiménez (April 16, 1897 – November 19, 1952) was a Puerto Rican businessman and politician, who served by order of U.S. President Harry S. Truman as the 175th governor of Puerto Rico from 1946 to 1949. Piñero was the last appointed governor of the archipelago and island, as he was succeeded by Luis Muñoz Marín, who became the first popularly elected governor in 1948. Piñero was the first and only native Puerto Rican to hold the office in a formal, not interim capacity during the direct Spanish and American control of the governorship from 1508 to 1948.