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Sila M. Calderon

Sila Calderón
Puerto Rican Governor Sila Calderon at the Pentagon, Feb 27, 2001.jpg
8th Governor of Puerto Rico
In office
January 2, 2001 – January 2, 2005
Preceded by Pedro Rosselló
Succeeded by Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
Mayor of San Juan
In office
January 2, 1997 – January 2, 2001
Preceded by Héctor Luis Acevedo
Succeeded by Jorge Santini
12th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico
In office
1988–1989
Governor Rafael Hernández Colón
Preceded by Alfonso Lopez Chaar
Succeeded by Antonio Colorado
Personal details
Born Sila María Calderón Serra
(1942-09-23) September 23, 1942 (age 74)
San Juan, Puerto Rico, U.S.
Political party Popular Democratic
Other political
affiliations
Democratic
Spouse(s) Francisco González (1964–1975)
Adolfo Krans (1978–2001)
Ramón Cantero Frau (2003–2005)
Children Sila María
María Elena
Francisco Xavier
Alma mater Manhattanville College
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras
Religion Roman Catholicism

Sila María Calderón Serra (born September 23, 1942) is a Puerto Rican politician, businesswoman, and philanthropist who served as the eighth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2005. She is the first and, to date, only woman elected to that office. Prior to serving as governor, Calderón held various positions in the Government of Puerto Rico, including the 12th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico from 1988 to 1989, and Chief of Staff to Governor Rafael Hernández Colón. She was also Mayor of San Juan, the Capital of Puerto Rico, from 1997 to 2001.

Sila Calderón was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on September 23, 1942 to entrepreneur César Augusto Calderón and Sila Serra. She attended high school at the Colegio Sagrado Corazón de Las Madres in Santurce, Puerto Rico. In 1964 she graduated with honors from Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government. She later attended the Graduate School of Public Administration at the University of Puerto Rico.

Her career began in 1973 when she was named Executive Aide to the Labor Secretary, Luis Silva Recio. Two years later, she was named Special Aide for Economic Development to then Governor, Rafael Hernández Colón.

After Hernández Colón was defeated in the 1976 general elections, Calderón went to work on the private sector working as Director of Business Development at Citibank, N.A. in San Juan. At the time, Citibank in San Juan was one of John Reed's experimental marketing centers. As part of her business development responsibilities, Calderón designed and marketed several new consumer products which significantly increased the earnings of the Retail Division of the Bank. In 1978, she became president of Commonwealth Investment Company, a family real estate concern that owned and managed industrial buildings.


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