Sergio Peña Clos
| Sergio Peña Clos | |
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| Member of the Puerto Rico Senate from the At-large district |
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In office 1980–2004 |
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| President pro tempore of the Senate of Puerto Rico | |
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In office 1981–1988 |
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| Preceded by | José Manuel Ramos Barroso |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Deynes Soto |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 13, 1927 Humacao, Puerto Rico |
| Political party |
Popular Democratic Party (PPD) New Progressive Party (PNP) |
| Alma mater |
Saint Louis University University of Puerto Rico |
| Profession | Politician, Senator, Attorney |
Sergio Peña Clos (born June 13, 1927 in Humacao, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican politician and former Senator. He was a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1980 to 2004.
Sergio Peña Clos was born on June 13, 1927 on Humacao, Puerto Rico to Dr. Sergio Peña Almodóvar and Maria Clos Ribót. He finished the eighth grade at the Ponce de León public school in his hometown, and graduated from high school from the Colegio San José in Río Piedras at the age of fourteen. With only 15 years, Peña Clos enrolled at the University of St. Louis in Missouri, where he studied for three years. He then returned to Puerto Rico and in 1951, he finished his Bachelor's degree in Social Science at the University of Puerto Rico. In 1955, he graduated as an attorney from the same university.
With only 21 years, Peña Clos was a judicial adviser to Judge Julio Suárez Garriga. At the age of 23, he opened his own law firm in Caguas working as a criminal lawyer.
In 1960, while working at the Puerto Rico Bar Association, Peña Clos became interested in the case of Salvador Agron ("The Capeman") and Tony Hernández ("Umbrella Man"), two Puerto Rican gang members (aged 16 and 15 respectively) accused of murdering two innocent teenagers and sentenced to death row. Peña Clos appeared at the New York Court of Appeals as a friend of the court, analyzing the case. Peña Clos also met with Governor Nelson Rockefeller, and eventually Agrón's death sentence was eliminated, while Hernández' sentence was revoked.
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