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Clemente Ruiz Nazario born in San Germán Puerto Rico on November 23 1896 was the first Puerto Rican appointed as District Judge to the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. He was appointed by President Harry S. Truman in 1952. Setting a precedent the appointment of Ruiz Nazario to the federal district court in Puerto Rico marked the beginning of an uninterrupted practice of appointing Puerto Rican men and women to that Court.
