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Rafael Hernández Colón is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the fourth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1973 to 1977 and as the sixth Governor of Puerto Rico from 1985 to 1993 for a total of three terms. An experienced politician, Hernández holds the record for being the youngest Governor of Puerto Rico, having won his first term at the age of 36. Hernández is also the person who has run for governor the most times, a total of five. During his terms as governor, Hernández Colón's administration was known for trying to invigorate the Puerto Rican economy as well as defending the current political status of the island.

✵ 24. October 1936 – 2. May 2019
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“I'm willing to stand up and take it - take whatever I have to take - not to be pushed around. If I get hit from all sides, I get hit from all sides. As long as I believe I'm standing on the right ground, I'll hold.”

Rafael Hernández Colón

Radio interview, quoted by the Associated Press, June 4, 1991. http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1991/Governor-News-Media-Lock-Horns-in-Puerto-Rico/id-4c54869c5330f9b55fedbeb944d1b726

“To the trenches! (A las trincheras! in Spanish)”

Rafael Hernández Colón

On election night, November 4, 1980, in a call to his supporters to protest the election results after a controversial loss to his opponent, Carlos Romero Barceló by 3,503 votes. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922256-1,00.html

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