Baudilio Vega Berríos was Mayor of the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Mayagüez is the eighth-largest municipality of Puerto Rico. Originally founded as "Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria" it is also known as "La Sultana del Oeste" , "Ciudad de las Aguas Puras" , or "Ciudad del Mangó"...

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Vega Berríos was born in Barrio Pulguillas in Coamo. His mother was Basilisa Berríos Zayas and his father was Baudilio Vega who was from Pulguillas

Coamo, Puerto Rico

Coamo is a municipality in Puerto Rico located in the southern region, north of Santa Isabel; south of Orocovis and Barranquitas; east of Villalba and Juana Díaz; and west of Aibonito and Salinas. Coamo is spread over 10 wards and Coamo Pueblo...

. He had five siblings, Ruben, Lucila, Anibal, Áurea and Leodovina Vega Berrios.

In 1920, he served in the Department of the interior and later in 1926 he joined the Puerto Rico Police Department. By 1932, he was the officer in charge of charge of Old San Juan. On 1934 he arrived in Mayaguez and he accepts a post on the American Railroad Co. where he served from 1939 to 1946. In 1946 he is called upon by Luis Muñoz Marín

Luis Muñoz Marín

Don José Luis Alberto Muñoz Marín was a Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and politician. Regarded as the "father of modern Puerto Rico," he was the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. Muñoz Marín was the son of Luis Muñoz Rivera, a renowned autonomist leader...

, then president of the Senate of Puerto Rico

Senate of Puerto Rico

The Senate of Puerto Rico is the upper house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, the territorial legislature of Puerto Rico. The Senate is composed of 27 senators, representing eight constituent senatorial districts across the commonwealth, with two senators elected per district; an...

 and of the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico

Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico

The Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that supports Puerto Rico's right to self-determination and sovereignty, through the enhancement of Puerto Rico's current status as a commonwealth....

, to assume the office of Mayor of Mayagüez, he occupied the post until 1952.

From 1952 to 1956 he was a member of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico

House of Representatives of Puerto Rico

The House of Representatives of Puerto Rico is the lower house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, the territorial legislature of Puerto Rico...

 and a member of the Constitutional Convention of Puerto Rico. Then from 1956 till 1968 he served once again as mayor of Mayagüez.

Legacy

The Cultural Center

Centro Cultural Baudilio Vega Berríos

The Centro Cultural Baudilio Vega Berríos is a cultural center located in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.Located in the heart of the city, aside the City Hall and the Teatro Yagüez, extending between Candelaria Street at front to the Ernesto Ramos Antonini Street at back.-Architecture:The Cultural Center...

 in Mayagüez now bears his name.