Carlos Irizarry Yunqué

Who is Carlos Irizarry Yunqué?

Carlos Irizarry Yunqué is a retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. Appointed by Gov. Rafael Hernandez Colon he was succeeded in 1985 by the Court's first female Associate Justice, Miriam Naveira.

Born on June 24, 1922 in Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico, he obtained his bachelors degree at the University of Puerto Rico in 1943 and, after three years of military service between 1943 and 1946, obtained his law degree from the same institution in 1949. He spent eight years in public service until 1957, when he entered private practice in Ponce, Puerto Rico. From 1968 to 1973 he taught at the Pontifical Catholic University Law School in Ponce before being appointed to the Court in 1973.

Justice Irizarry, who retired in 1986 after 13 years of service on the Court, is now a Distinguished Professor at the Interamerican University School of Law and regularly attends court activities.