Rafael Arrillaga Torrens (April 16, 1913 – January 1, 2006) was a Puerto Rican politician and medical doctor.
[1] Torrens returned to Puerto Rico and settled in San Juan to a start his private practice in cardiology and simultaneously started a political career.
In 1940 Torrens elected to the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico in the Manatí district and in 1943 was elected Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives and served until 1944.
[2] Torrens retired from politics and returned to medicine at the Professional Hospital in Santurce and worked as the director of the Center for Advanced Studies of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
[1] Torrens authored a number of books, many on philosophical thought, which were published in Madrid, Argentina and Mexico:[3][1]