Simón Moret Gallart

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Moret and the second or maternal family name is Gallart.
Simón Moret Gallart

Mayor Simón Moret Gallart
Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
In office
1907–1914
Preceded by Santiago Oppenheimer
Succeeded by Rafael Rivera Esbrí
Personal details
Born 1853
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Died 1923
Nationality Puerto Rican
Spouse(s) Matilde Perdomo Morales
Profession politician

Simón Moret Gallart (1853 - 1923) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1907 to 1914.

Early years

Moret Gallart was born in Ponce, in 1863.[lower-alpha 1] He was a descendant of a French immigrant by the same name (Moret Gallart) who settled in Puerto Rico in 1816. His parents were Clemente Moret and Francisca Gallart.

Mayoral tenure

He was elected mayor of Ponce in 1906 and took the oath of office in 1907. He was a member of the Union of Puerto Rico Party and defeated Manuel V. Domenech of the Republican Party in a contested election. In 1911, Mayor Moret received from the Government of the United States of America a franchise for the City of Ponce to operate the Port of Ponce in perpetuity.[1][2] The port of Ponce has been operated by the municipality since then. It is the only sea port in Puerto Rico owned and administered by a municipal body.

Mayor Moret Gallart (second from the right) walks with President Theodore Roosevelt (dressed in white) on Roosevelt's arrival in Ponce in 1906

Among his mayoral accomplishments are the construction of the Ponce Firefighters Mausoleum at Cementerio Civil de Ponce, which was completed on 2 Abril 1911. He also built the Port of Ponce following an ordinance approved by the Consejo Ejecutivo de Puerto Rico in 1911.

Family life

In 1920, Simón Moret Gallart married Matilde Perdomo Morales. Simón had five children, including three daughters and two sons. He died in 1923 and was buried at Cementerio Católico San Vicente de Paul.

Legacy

In Ponce there is a public school named after him, Elementary School Simón Moret Gallart, located at Carr 504, Km. 0.8, in barrio Portugues.[3][4] The school ceased operations in 2013 [5] and as of 2015 the Government had put out bids for its demolition.[6]

Honors

Moret Gallard is honored at Ponce's Park of Illustrious Ponce Citizens. Only six other mayors, of over 200 former Ponce mayors, are honored there.[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ Some sources state he was born in 1853

See also

References

  1. ↑ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes. Brevario Sobre la Historia de Ponce. Second Edition. Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. 2002. Page 14. Printed by Impress Quality Printing, Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
  2. ↑ Administración Municipal engaña a los ponceños indica presidente del PPD en Ponce. El Sur a la Vista. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  3. ↑ Simon Moret Gallart. Public Schools Report. 2016. Accessed 26 May 2016.
  4. ↑ AVISO DE SUBASTA: DEMOLICIÓN DE ESCUELA ELEMENTAL SIMÓN MORET GALLART, Ponce, Puerto Rico (AEP – 8974A), Subasta Número: 2015-AEP-C-0003. Accessed 26 May 2016.
  5. ↑ Simon Moret Gallart Elementary School (Closed 2013). Public School Review. 2016. Accessed 26 May 2016.
  6. ↑ AVISO DE SUBASTA: DEMOLICIÓN DE ESCUELA ELEMENTAL SIMÓN MORET GALLART, Ponce, Puerto Rico (AEP – 8974A), Subasta Número: 2015-AEP-C-0003. Government of Puerto Rico. Administracion de Edificios Publicos. 18 March 2015. Accessed 26 May 2016.
  7. ↑ Politics. TravelPonce. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
Political offices
Preceded by
Santiago Oppenheimer		 Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
1907–1914 		Succeeded by
Rafael Rivera Esbrí


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