Marcelo Trujillo | |
Office: | Mayor of Humacao |
Term Start: | January 14, 2001 |
Term End: | September 15, 2019 |
Predecessor: | Julio César López Gerena |
Successor: | Luis Raúl Sánchez |
Office2: | Member of the Municipal Assembly of Humacao, Puerto Rico |
Term Start2: | 1996 |
Term End2: | 2000 |
Birth Date: | 30 April 1935 |
Birth Place: | Guayanilla, Puerto Rico[1] |
Death Place: | Caguas, Puerto Rico |
Alma Mater: | Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (BSS) |
Spouse: | Rosa Elena Plumey |
Children: | Marcelo, Javier and Rosamar Trujillo Plumey |
Party: | Popular Democratic Party (PPD) |
Allegiance: | United States of America |
Branch: | United States Army |
Marcelo Trujillo Panisse (April 30, 1935 – September 15, 2019) was a Puerto Rican politician, who was elected to four terms as mayor of Humacao, Puerto Rico. Trujillo was affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) and served as mayor from 2001 to 2019.[2] He earned a bachelor's degree in political and social sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War era.
Trujillo had a career in basketball when he played for the Leones de Ponce of Baloncesto Superior Nacional. Later, Trujillo Panisse retired as a player, but continued at the BSN as a coach. In that capacity, he led the Piratas de Quebradillas and the Capitanes de Arecibo.[3]
After serving as a Member of the Municipal Assembly of Humacao from 1996 to 2000, Trujillo ran for mayor of Humacao, Puerto Rico at the 2000 elections. Served for nineteen years; from 2000 until his death in 2019.
He died on September 15, 2019, at the age of 84 due to cardiac arrest. He was buried at the Pax Christi Cemetery in Humacao, Puerto Rico.[4]
In 2019, The 8,000 seats Humacao Arena was named after former mayor Marcelo Trujillo.[5]