Party leaders of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
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The majority and minority leaders of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico are two Puerto Rican Representatives who are elected by the party conferences that hold the majority and the minority respectively. These leaders serve as the chief House spokespeople for their parties and manage and schedule the legislative and executive business of the House. By rule, the Presiding Officer gives the Majority Leader priority in obtaining recognition to speak on the floor of the House.
Majority leaders[]
Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Majority Whip |
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Ernesto Ramos Antonini | 1941 | 1943 | PPD | ||
Ernesto Ramos Antonini | 1945 | 1949 | PPD | ||
Hernán Padilla Ramírez | 1969 | 1973 | PNP | ||
1973 | 1977 | PPD | |||
1977 | 1978 | PNP | |||
José N. Granados Navedos | 1978 | 1982 | PNP | ||
José R. Jarabo Alvarez | 1982 | 1985 | PPD | ||
1985 | 1993 | PPD | |||
1993 | 1997 | PNP | |||
1997 | 1999 | PNP | |||
1999 | 2001 | PNP | Iris M. Ruiz Class | ||
Roberto Maldonado Vélez | 2001 | 2004 | PPD | Héctor Ferrer Ríos | |
Iris M. Ruiz Class | 2005 | 2009 | PNP | María L. Ramos Rivera | |
Rolando Crespo Arroyo | 2009 | 2011 | PNP | Ángel Pérez Otero | |
Carlos J. Méndez Núñez | 2011 | 2013 | PNP | Ángel Pérez Otero | |
Charlie Hernández | 2013 | 2017 | PPD | ||
Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló | 2017 | present | PNP |
Minority leaders[]
Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Whip |
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Manuel Martínez Dávila | 1933 | 1934 | Liberal | ||
Ernesto Ramos Antonini | 1934 | 1937 | Liberal | ||
Ernesto Ramos Antonini | 1943 | 1945 | PPD | ||
Leopoldo Figueroa Carreras | 1950 | 1967 | Statehood Republican | ||
Baldomero Roig Vélez | 1967 | 1969 | Statehood Republican | ||
Luis E. Ramos Yordán | 1969 | 1973 | PPD | ||
Angel Viera Martínez | 1973 | 1977 | PNP | Hernán Padilla Ramírez | |
Severo Colberg Ramírez | 1977 | 1981 | PPD | José R. Jarabo Alvarez | |
1981 | 1982 | PPD | |||
Angel Viera Martínez | 1982 | 1983 | PNP | José N. Granados Navedos | |
José N. Granados Navedos | 1983 | 1989 | PNP | Edison Misla Aldarondo | |
Edison Misla Aldarondo | 1989 | 1993 | PNP | ||
Alfonso López Chaar | 1993 | 1994 | PPD | Rolando Ortiz Velázquez | |
José E. Arrarás Mir | 1994 | 1995 | PPD | Severo E. Colberg Toro | |
Severo E. Colberg Toro | 1995 | 1997 | PPD | ||
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá | 1997 | 2001 | PPD | ||
Víctor García San Inocencio | 1997 | 2009 | PIP | N/A | |
Edison Misla Aldarondo | 2001 | 2002 | PNP | Iris M. Ruiz Class | |
Aníbal Vega Borges | 2002 | 2005 | PNP | Iris M. Ruiz Class | |
Héctor Ferrer Ríos | 2005 | 2012 | PPD | Luis R. Torres Cruz | |
Luis R. Torres Cruz | 2012 | 2013 | PPD | ||
Jennifer González | 2013 | 2017 | PNP | Johnny Méndez | |
Tatito Hernández | 2017 | present | PPD |
Assistant party leaders[]
Majority Whips
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Minority Whips
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- Officers of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
- Floor leaders of state legislatures in the United States