Autonomy Charter of Puerto Rico

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The Autonomy Charter of Puerto Rico was, alongside the Autonomy Charter of Cuba, the first Statute of Autonomy granted in Spain to a province, in particular to the overseas province of Puerto Rico. It authorized the formation of an autonomous government.

It was granted by a Royal Decree, signed on November 25, 1897, by the Queen Regent Maria Christina of Austria on behalf of her son, Alfonso XIII of Spain. It was published in the Gaceta de Madrid on November 28, 1897.^[1][2]

Its promulgation was accompanied by the establishment of universal male suffrage in all overseas provinces.