Víctor Gutiérrez Franqui

Víctor Gutiérrez Franqui (July 8, 1908 – January 20, 1963) was a lawyer, politician and a former attorney general of Puerto Rico.

Early life and education Franqui was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, on July 8, 1908, the son of Víctor Gutiérrez and Carolina Franqui Skerret. He completed secondary school at Colegio San Agustín in San Juan. After high school, he attended the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1930. After returning to Puerto Rico, he entered the University of Puerto Rico School of Law, earning his law degree in 1933.

Politics He practiced as a criminal lawyer and together with Ernesto Ramos Antonini the achieved the acquittal of 20 young nationalists accused for their participation in the Ponce Massacre. In 1944, Luis Muñoz Marín, then President of the Senate, appointed him assistant special resident commissioner in Washington Jesús T. Piñero. He was elected to the Puerto Rico Senate as senator at-large for Popular Democratic Party. He was majority leader of the Puerto Rico Senate for his delegation. Was appointed as Attorney General of Puerto Rico in 1951. Under the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, adopted in 1952, the office of attorney general was renamed to secretary of justice.

Death Víctor Gutiérrez Franqui died on January 20, 1963, in San Juan, Puerto Rico at age 54.