[1] Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he was appointed Chief Justice in 1974, without any prior court service, by Gov.
Prior to his service as Chief Justice, Trías Monge was one of the top delegates to Puerto Rico's Constitutional Assembly between 1951 and 1952.
Along with Muñoz Marín and Dr. Antonio Fernós Isern, he is considered one of the chief architects of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico's Constitution.
Trias Monge is the author of several books on the judicial history and political status of Puerto Rico, in both Spanish and English.
Several years prior to his death, despite his own contribution to the drafting and approval of the 1952 Commonwealth Constitution, he began writing and speaking publicly that Puerto Rico remained a territory or colony of the United States.