Ángel Viera Martínez

Attorney Ángel Viera Martínez (November 10, 1915 – December 6, 2005) was a prominent pro-statehood public servant in Puerto Rico during the second half of the 20th century.

Earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law.

In 1968 he ran as a candidate for state representative under the banner of the New Progressive Party, which he helped found the year before.

When Hernández Colón and his party swept the 1972 elections, in 1973 Viera Martínez became House Minority Leader until he once again became Speaker in 1977.

In 1983, he joined San Juan Mayor Hernán Padilla in bolting the NPP and founding the Puerto Rico Renewal Party, serving as its unsuccessful candidate for Resident Commissioner in the 1984 general elections, ending his elective career.