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Date of Birth
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17-February-1904
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Place of Birth
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Ponce
(Puerto Rico, Ponce metropolitan area, United States, with Territories)
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Nationality
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Also know as
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Luis A. Ferre, Luis Ferré
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Profession
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Industrialist, Engineer, Business magnate
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Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo was a Puerto Rican engineer, industrialist, politician, philanthropist, and a patron of the arts. He was the third Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1969 to 1973, and the founding father of the New Progressive Party which advocates for Puerto Rico becoming a state of the United States of America. He is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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