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Carlos J. Lastra (August 4, 1919 – August 20, 2005) was the former Secretary of State (and Lieutenant Governor) of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1965 to 1967, and the first Secretary of Commerce of the Commonwealth from 1961 to 1965.

Dr. Lastra was a tenured professor of economics at the University of Puerto Rico, School of Social Sciences, Rio Piedras Campus, in San Juan, P.R., where he taught economics and other related subjects for many years. He also served as Chancellor of the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, San German, P.R., Campus, in and around 1966-1968.^[1]

He was President of his own economics consulting firm, "Lastra y Asociados" in Santurce, P.R. After retiring from academia, he was appointed as a bankruptcy trustee for the District of Puerto Rico, handling numerous complex bankruptcy cases for several years before retiring around 2002. Dr. Lastra married Mrs. Idalia Margarita De Leon-Colon on April 19, 1947. They were married for 58 years and had five children: Amir Lastra, Sarai Lastra Aponte, the late Juan Carlos Lastra, Daniel Lastra, and David Lastra. Dr. Lastra and has four grandchildren: Yahir A. Santiago-Lastra, Guillermo Santiago-Lastra, Emma C. Lastra-Wukovits, and Kaitlyn B. Lastra-Wukovits.

^ 1_1_0_27600, Lastra, Carlos J. (Inter American University of Puerto Rico. Office of the Chancellor). Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection: Subseries 1.1: Correspondence: General L-R, 0000-0000-0000-0131c. Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc. . http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/131531 Accessed February 19, 2024.

[1] 1_1_0_27600, Lastra, Carlos J. (Inter American University of Puerto Rico. Office of the Chancellor). Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection: Subseries 1.1: Correspondence: General L-R, 0000-0000-0000-0131c. Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc. . http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/131531 Accessed February 19, 2024.

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