Ermelindo Salazar Schuck (c. 1830 – c. 1910) was the interim Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from May to 10 July 1887.

[9] Salazar Schuck was a merchant, landowner and banker, and is best remembered for his majestic residence in Downtown Ponce (70 Cristina Street) and which today is home to the Carmen Solá de Pereira Ponce Cultural Center.

[16] In the area of finance, Salazar became one of the directors, and later president, of Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño, one of the largest and oldest in the Island.

[17][18] Salazar Schuck married Leonora Fajardo, a wealthy woman also from Ponce.

[19] One of Ermelindo's sons, Guillermo Salazar, built his own majestic house also in the Ponce Historic Zone.