Assistant party leaders of the Senate of Puerto Rico

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Majority Whip of the
Senate of Puerto Rico
PNP Leader
Incumbent
Lucy Arce
since January 3, 2009
StyleSenator
Minority Whip of the
Senate of Puerto Rico
PPD Leader
Incumbent
Eduardo Bhatia
since January 3, 2009
StyleSenator

The Assistant Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate of Puerto Rico (commonly called Majority Whip and Minority Whip) are two Puerto Rican Senators who are elected by the party conferences that hold the majority and the minority respectively. These leaders substitute the Majority and Minority leaders in their absence.

Current assistant leaders[]

The Senate is currently composed of 8 senators from the New Progressive Party (PNP), and 20 senators from the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).

The incumbent whips are senators at-large Lucy Arce (from the PNP) and Eduardo Bhatia (from the PPD).

List of party whips[]

The "Majority" column indicates which party was the majority in the Senate, while the opposing column indicates the minority. The PIP is usually a minority.

Senate Dates PNP Whip Majority PPD Whip PIP Whip
1949–1953 PPD Maj → N/A
1953–1957
1957–1961 N/A
1961–1965
1965–1969
1969–1973
1973–1977
1977–1981 ← PNP Maj N/A
1981–1985 PPD Maj →
1985–1989
1989–1993 N/A
1993–1997 ← PNP Maj
1997–2001
2001–2005 Orlando Parga PPD Maj →
15th 2005 Margarita Nolasco (Guayama) ← PNP Maj Sila Mari González
2005–2009 Carlos Pagán (Mayagüez)
16th 2009–2013 Lucy Arce (At-large) Eduardo Bhatia (At-large) N/A
17th 2013–present Carmelo Ríos (Bayamón) PPD Maj → Rossana López León (At-large) N/A
2017–present Angel Martínez Santiago (Arecibo) PNP Maj ← José Luis Dalmau (Humacao)
Senate Dates PNP Whip Majority PPD Whip PIP Whip

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