Rafael Cordero Santiago (October 24, 1942 – January 17, 2004), better known as "Churumba", was the
Mayor of
Ponce,
Puerto Rico from 1989 to 2004. Many considered him as a synonym of Ponce, being baptized as
the Greatest Lion (or,
El León Mayor in
Spanish) in reference to the city's official symbol, the Lion. Mayor Cordero was a firm believer in the government decentralization process.