Political Leaders: Puerto Rico

Leaders of Puerto Rico
(Commonwealth of Puerto Rico/Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico)

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Parties: PEP: Puerto Rican Statehood Party; PER: Statehood Republican Party, PIP: Puerto Rican Independentist Party; PNP: New Progressive Party; PPD: Popular Democratic Party; PRP: Puerto Rican Reform Party; PS: Socialist Party

Governors

Luis Muñoz Marín               25 Jul 1952 - 2 Jan 1965 (+1980) PPD (*)
Roberto Sánchez Vilella         2 Jan 1965 - 2 Jan 1969 (+1997) PPD
Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo       2 Jan 1969 - 2 Jan 1973 (+2003) PNP
Rafael Hernández Colón          2 Jan 1973 - 2 Jan 1977         PPD
Carlos Antonio Romero Barceló   2 Jan 1977 - 2 Jan 1985         PNP
Rafael Hernández Colón          2 Jan 1985 - 2 Jan 1993         PPD 
Pedro Juan Rosselló González    2 Jan 1993 - 2 Jan 2001         PNP
Sila María Calderón Serra       2 Jan 2001 - 2 Jan 2005         PPD
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá             2 Jan 2005 - 2 Jan 2009         PPD 
Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset   2 Jan 2009 -                    PNP

(*) Luis Muñoz Marín served as Governor of the Territory of Puerto Rico under US sovereignty from Jan 1949, before the Commonwealth (Estado Libre Asociado) status became effective on 25 Jul 1952.

Resident Commissioners (in the US House of Representatives)

Jesús Toribio Piñero Jiménez    3 Jan 1945 - 2 Sep 1946 (+1952) PPD
Antonio Fernós Isern           11 Sep 1946 - 3 Jan 1965 (+1974) PPD
Santiago Polanco Abreu          3 Jan 1965 - 3 Jan 1969 (+1997) PPD
Jorge Luis Córdova Díaz         3 Jan 1969 - 3 Jan 1973 (+1994) PNP
Jaime Benítez Rexach            3 Jan 1973 - 3 Jan 1977 (+2001) PPD
Baltasar Corrada del Río        3 Jan 1977 - 3 Jan 1985         PNP
Jaime Benito Fuster Berlingeri  3 Jan 1985 - 4 Mar 1992         PPD
Antonio J. Colorado             4 Mar 1992 - 3 Jan 1993         PPD
Carlos Antonio Romero Barceló   3 Jan 1993 - 3 Jan 2001         PNP
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá             3 Jan 2001 - 2 Jan 2005         PPD
Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset   3 Jan 2005 - 2 Jan 2009         PNP
Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia  2 Jan 2009 -                    PNP

Electoral candidates to Governorship

1948 1st Luis Muñoz Marín                (+1980) PPD
     2nd Martín Travieso                 (+1971) PRP/PEP/PS

1952 1st Luis Muñoz Marín                (+1980) PPD
     2nd Fernando Milán Suárez           (+2005) PIP

1956 1st Luis Muñoz Marín                (+1980) PPD
     2nd Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo       (+2003) PER

1960 1st Luis Muñoz Marín                (+1980) PPD
     2nd Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo       (+2003) PER

1964 1st Roberto Sánchez Vilella         (+1997) PPD 
     2nd Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo       (+2003) PER

1968 1st Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo       (+2003) PNP
     2nd Luis A. Negrón López            (+1991) PPD
  
1972 1st Rafael Hernández Colón                  PPD      
     2nd Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo       (+2003) PNP

1976 1st Carlos Antonio Romero Barceló           PNP
     2nd Rafael Hernández Colón                  PPD

1980 1st Carlos Antonio Romero Barceló           PNP
     2nd Rafael Hernández Colón                  PPD

1984 1st Rafael Hernández Colón                  PPD
     2nd Carlos Antonio Romero Barceló           PNP

1988 1st Rafael Hernández Colón                  PPD
     2nd Baltasar Corrada del Río                PNP  

1992 1st Pedro Juan Rosselló González            PNP
     2nd Victoria Melo Muñoz Mendoza             PPD

1996 1st Pedro Juan Rosselló González            PNP
     2nd Héctor Luis Acevedo Pérez               PPD

2000 1st Sila María Calderón Serra               PPD
     2nd Carlos Ignacio Pesquera Morales         PNP

2004 1st Aníbal Acevedo Vilá                     PPD 
     2nd Pedro Juan Rosselló González            PNP

2008 1st Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset           PNP
     2nd Aníbal Acevedo Vilá                     PPD

Presidents of the PNP

Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo       1967-1974 (+2003) 
Carlos Antonio Romero Barceló   1974-1985         
Baltasar Corrada del Río        1985-1989         
Ramón Luis Rivera Rivera        1989              (interim) 
Carlos Antonio Romero Barceló   1989-1991         
Pedro Juan Rosselló González    1991-1999       
Carlos Ignacio Pesquera Morales 1999-2000          
Norma Burgos Andújar            2000-2001         (interim)
Leonides (Leo) Díaz Urbina      2001              
Carlos Ignacio Pesquera Morales 2001-2003         
Pedro Juan Rosselló González    2003-2008
Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset   2008-

Presidents of the PPD

Luis Muñoz Marín                1940-1964 (+1980) 
Roberto Sánchez Vilella         1964-1968 (+1997) 
Luis A. Negrón López            1968-1969 (+1991)
...                             1969-1972
Rafael Hernández Colón          1972-1992         
Victoria Melo Muñoz Mendoza     1992-1993         
Miguel A. Hernández Agosto      1993-1996         
Héctor Luis Acevedo Pérez       1996-1997         
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá             1997-1999         
Sila María Calderón Serra       1999-2003        
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá             2003-2008
Héctor Ferrer Ríos              2008-