Carlos S. Quirós
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Carlos S. Quirós | |
|---|---|
| 9th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico | |
| In office 1981–1985 | |
| Governor | Carlos Romero Barceló |
| Preceded by | Pedro Vázquez |
| Succeeded by | Héctor Luis Acevedo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1932 Yauco, Puerto Rico |
| Political party | New Progressive Party Democratic Party |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Branch/service |  United States Army |
Carlos S. Quirós born in 1932 in Yauco, Puerto Rico is a former Puerto Rico government official who served as Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico for several days in 1977, after Mayor Carlos Romero Barceló was sworn in as Governor of Puerto Rico on January 2 and until Mayor-elect Hernán Padilla took office ten days later, on January 12, 1977. He had previously served as Vice Mayor during Romero's eight-year stint as Mayor.
Quirós subsequently was appointed by Governor Romero as Secretary of the Department of Labor. Under Governor Romero, he also served as Secretary of State from 1981 until 1985.[1] Quiros served in the United States Army as a Second lieutenant during the Vietnam War. As Secretary of State, he was responsible for major restoration of the Royal Treasury Building and the Provincial Diputation Building, which became the Department of State headquarters in 1984.
After leaving public office, he and his wife Nancy moved to the state of Florida, where he became a widower in December 2011. In June, 2012, he visited the State Department, where he was welcomed by current Secretary Kenneth McClintock and San Juan City Hall, where he was welcomed by then mayor Jorge Santini.
His youth and other miscellanea : Quirós attended elementary school at Escuela Labra in Santurce, Puerto Rico. He was an active member of the YMCA in old San Juan during his adolescent years, where in 1948-49 he was selected to be captain of an intramural basketball team. Two years later, in 1950, he was drafted into a soccer team to represent Puerto Rico in the Caribbean and Central American games.
He attended and graduated from the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
After moving to Florida, he was recruited into Federal Government office and spent some time managing a federal agency in Washington, DC. During his time in Washington, he has a member of the Third Thursday Lunch Club ("Jueveros"), an informal social club of Puerto Ricans who live in the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area.