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Salvador de Vives

Salvador de Vives Rodó (1784 – 24 November 1845^[7]), also known as Salvador Vives, was a Puerto Rican hacendado and MayorofPonce, Puerto Rico, from 1 January 1840 to 5 January 1842^[8][9] and then again from 1 January 1844 to 24 November 1845. His son, Carlos Vives, was a member of the Ponce Municipal Assembly.^[10][11]

Vives Rodó was the son of Quirse Vives and Ana Maria Rodó.^[12] He was a wealthy coffee plantation owner who established the now historic Hacienda Buena Vista.^[13]

In 1840, Vives named the two central plazas in downtown Ponce "Plaza Las Delicias"; up to that point the two plazas were called Plaza Mayor (which came to be known as Plaza Degetau) and Paseo de la Alameda (which was later renamed Plaza Munoz Rivera).^[14] Also, under Vives' administration as mayor, the Ponce City Hall was built in 1842. De Vives trusted the design of City Hall to prominent architect Francisco Gil Capó.^[15] The trees in Plaza Las Delicias are due to De Vives' direction.^[16]

Vives also led the city as mayor from 1 January 1844 until his death on 24 November 1845.^[17]

One of Ponce's main thoroughfares (Calle Vives) is named after him. "The street was named by proclamation of the city council in 1863."^[18]

• List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
• List of Puerto Ricans