Jaime Fuster Berlingeri

Order	6th Democratically Elected Resident Commissioner
Term of office	January 4, 1985–March 1, 1992
Predecessor	Baltasar Corrada del Río
Successor	Antonio Colorado
Date of birth	Sunday, January 12, 1941
Place of birth	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Profession	politician, lawyer
Political party	Popular Democratic Party, Democratic Party
Resident Commissioner under:	Rafael Hernández Colón

Jaime B. Fuster Berlingeri (Born January 12, 1941) is a politician from Puerto Rico currently serving as an Associate Justice to the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.

Education

He obtained his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1962 and his Law Degree form the University of Puerto Rico in 1965. He later obtained a Master's Degree in Law from Columbia University in 1966. He carried his post-graduate studies in Harvard University. In 1985, he received a Doctorate, Honoris Causa, from Temple University.

Political Career

In 1979, Fuster was named Deputy Attorney General of the United States. He held that postion until 1981. In 1984, he was elected Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico to the United States Congress. During his tenure (1985-1992), he was President of the House Hispanic Caucus.

In 1992, Governor Rafael Hernández Colón appointed him to the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. He took the oath of office on March 4, 1992 after ratification by the Senate.

Fuster is affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico and the Democratic Party of the United States.

External links

• Fuster's biography at the Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/congress/fuster.html)