Basilio Santiago Romero (1928, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

 – May 31, 2010) served as the third Comptroller of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Comptroller of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

The Comptroller of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is a constitutionally-created office charged with carrying out post-audits of the use of public funds in Puerto Rico...

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Appointed by Governor

Governor

A governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...

 Luis A. Ferré

Luis A. Ferré

Don Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo was a Puerto Rican engineer, industrialist, politician, philanthropist, and a patron of the arts. He was the third Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1969 to 1973, and the founding father of the New Progressive Party which advocates for Puerto Rico...

, and confirmed by a Senate of Puerto Rico

Senate of Puerto Rico

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 headed by Rafael Hernandez Colon

Rafael Hernández Colón

Rafael Hernández Colón is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the fourth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for three non-consecutive terms, from 1973 to 1977 and from 1985 to 1993. An experienced politician, Hernández holds the record for being the youngest Governor of Puerto Rico,...

, head of the opposition party, and the Puerto Rico House of Representatives, headed by Ferré ally and Speaker

Speaker (politics)

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 Angel Viera Martinez

Angel Viera Martínez

Attorney Angel Viera Martínez was a prominent pro-statehood public servant in Puerto Rico during the second half of the 20th century.He began his public service as a prosecutor. In 1968 he ran as a candidate for state representative under the banner of the New Progressive Party, which he helped...

, he served as Comptroller from September 1, 1971 until August 1, 1977. He was succeeded by Ramón Rivera Marrero, appointed by Governor Carlos Romero Barcelo

Carlos Romero Barceló

Carlos Antonio Romero Barceló is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the fifth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the second governor to be elected from the New Progressive Party and also Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001, making him one of the more successful...

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In 1959, he formed a law firm with Max Goldman and a former assistant to Governor Luis Muñoz Marin

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...

, Marco A. Rigau, Sr., known as Rigau, Goldman & Santiago.

A law professor, Santiago wrote several law books, including "Tratado de instrumentos negociables : Ley uniforme de instrumentos negociables de Puerto Rico y Ley del Código uniforme de comercio de los Estados Unidos",

At the time of his death he was only one of two former Comptrollers alive.