List of governors of Puerto Rico
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This list of governors of Puerto Rico includes all persons who have held the office of Governor of Puerto Rico since its establishment under the administration of the Spanish Empire (1508–1898) to the present under the administration of the United States (1898–present).
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The archipelago and island of Puerto Rico was annexed by the United States during the Spanish-American War in 1898, ending 390 years of active rule by the Spanish Empire, which began the European exploration, colonization, and settlement of the main island under conquistador Juan Ponce de León in 1508.[1] Ponce de León was the first person to hold the title and office of governor by orders of King Ferdinand II of Aragon in 1509.[2] The governor remained an appointee of the Spanish Crown during Spanish rule, and was an appointee of the President of the United States during American rule until 1948, when the residents of Puerto Rico began to popularly elect the governor, starting with Luis Muñoz Marín, who took office in 1949.[3][4][5]
Since 1508, 167 persons (164 men and 3 women), have served in 190 formal, interim, or de facto governorships, as 17 governors have served twice nonconsecutively and 3 have served thrice nonconsecutively. Of the 190 governors, 175 have been appointed (149 by the Spanish Crown and 26 by the President of the United States), 14 elected through popular vote by the residents of Puerto Rico, and one constitutionally appointed after the resignation of an elected governor.
The governorship has been vacant twice, as two municipal administrators, called alcaldes ordinarios, served in place of a governor each year from 1537 to 1544 and 1548 to 1550.[6] The shortest-serving governor was Andrés González Muñoz, who died hours after the start of his second interim governorship on January 11, 1898.[3] Luis Muñoz Marín served the longest, having held the office for 16 consecutive years, or four terms of four years each, from 1949 to 1965, after he decided not to seek re-election.[7][8] Ricardo Rosselló, who left office prematurely as a result of the Telegramgate scandal in 2019, is the first and only elected governor to have resigned.[9] No elected governor has been impeached.[10]
The first governor born in Puerto Rico was Ponce de León’s grandchild, Juan Ponce de León II, who served as interim governor from 1578 to 1580.[4] He was the only Puerto Rican-born person to occupy the office until Ángel Rivero Méndez, who served in an interim capacity as the last governor under Spanish administration for two days from October 16 to 18, 1898.[11] Several Puerto Ricans also briefly served as interim governors from 1921 to 1941. During the direct Spanish and American control of the governorship from 1508 to 1948, the first and only native Puerto Rican to held the office in a formal capacity was Jesús T. Piñero, who served as the last appointed governor of Puerto Rico from 1946 to 1949.[12]
Since 1949, the governor of Puerto Rico has served by popular election as the head of government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States organized under the Constitution of Puerto Rico since 1952. The incumbent governor is Jenniffer González-Colón, who was elected on November 5, 2024, and sworn in on January 2, 2025.[13][14]
History
[edit]Spanish administration
[edit]With the European discovery of Puerto Rico during the second voyage of Christopher Columbus in November 1493, the archipelagic island was claimed by the Spanish Crown. In 1505, Spanish King Ferdinand II of Aragon ordered the colonization of Puerto Rico, appointing Spanish conquistador Vicente Yáñez Pinzón as its captain and corregidor to essentially serve as a de facto governor. However, Yáñez Pinzón never fulfilled the commission.[15][16] Puerto Rico remained unexplored and unsettled by the Spanish Empire from 1493 to 1508.
In 1508, the King ordered Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León to conquer Puerto Rico, becoming the first European to explore, colonize, and settle the archipelago and island.[1] In 1509, the title and position of governor of Puerto Rico was officially established by King Ferdinand II of Aragon, who appointed Ponce de León as the first holder of the office.[2] The governor continued to be appointed by the Spanish Crown for 390 years, serving under various administrative entities: the Viceroyalty of the Indies (1508–1535), the Viceroyalty of New Spain (1535–1582), and the Captaincy General of Puerto Rico (1582–1898).[3][4][17]
From 1537 to 1544 and 1548 to 1550, the governorship remained vacant, as alcaldes ordinarios served in place of a governor. By order of King Charles I of Spain, two alcaldes ordinarios, one for the eastern cabildo of Partido de San Juan and the other for the western cabildo of Partido de San Germán, were elected each year by the regidores of each cabildo. The alcaldes ordinarios, who could only be re-elected two years after the end of their one-year term, served as municipal administrators and not governors.[6] The names of the only known alcaldes ordinarios are Alonso de Vargas and Francisco de Aguilar, who were the administrators of Partido de San Juan from 1548 to 1550.[18]
From 1578 to 1580, Juan Ponce de León’s grandchild, Juan Ponce de León II, served as interim governor, becoming the first Puerto Rican-born person to served as governor of the archipelago and island.[4] He was the only Puerto Rican-born person to occupy the office until Ángel Rivero Méndez, who served for three days as interim governor from October 16 to October 18, 1898.[11]
With the English occupation of San Juan, the capital city of Puerto Rico, from June to November 1598, which was the only complete takeover of the city by a foreign power before its peaceful transfer to the Americans after hostilities stopped during the Spanish–American War in October 1898, the govenor, Antonio de Mosquera, surrendered and was exiled to Cartagena de Indias in Colombia. However, the English, led by George Clifford and John Berkeley, failed to keep the city and to gain control of the main island. From November 1598 to March 1599, former governor Pedro Suárez Coronel, who had been imprisoned in San Juan’s El Morro fortress, assumed the governorship after the retreat of the English and arrival of Mosquera’s formal replacement, Alonso de Mercado.[19]
American Administration
[edit]In 1898, the President of the United States assumed the authority to appoint the person occupying the office as a result of the annexation of the archipelago and island by the United States during Spanish American War.
While General Nelson A. Miles led the American invasion and occupation of Puerto Rico from July 25 to August 13, 1898, he never served as governor, as that responsibility was assigned to fellow General John R. Brooke, who was head of the American delegation to the commission for the peaceful transfer of sovereignty over Puerto Rico from Spain to the United States, as stipulated in the armistice signed by the two countries on August 12. After the departure of the Spanish officials from San Juan on October 16, Brooke became the first American governor of the archipelago and island on October 18, 1898, succeeding interim governor Ángel Rivero Méndez, who was the last governor under Spanish administration.[20][3]
Under the military (1898–1900) and insular civil governments (1900–1952) of Puerto Rico, the latter of which was established by the Foraker Act of 1900 and expanded by the Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917, the governor remained an appointee of the American president from 1898 to 1948. While several Puerto Ricans briefly served as interim governors during this period, the only native Puerto Rican to be appointed to the governorship was Jesús T. Piñero, who served as the last appointed governor of Puerto Rico from 1946 to 1949. Piñero was the first and only native Puerto Rican to held the office in a formal, not interim capacity during the direct Spanish and American control of the governorship from 1508 to 1948.[12]
In 1947, the Elective Governor Act granted the residents of Puerto Rico the power to elect the governor through popular vote. The first election for the governorship was held in 1948, resulting in the victory of Luis Muñoz Marín, who became the first democratically elected governor. Since 1949, the governor of Puerto Rico has served by popular election as the head of government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States organized under the Constitution of Puerto Rico since 1952.
In 2019, governor Ricardo Rosselló, alongside other members of his cabinet, including the Secretary of State, resigned as a result of the Telegramgate scandal, becoming the first elected governor to step down. Before leaving office, Rosselló named Pedro Pierluisi as state secretary, with the intention of making Pierluisi his successor, as the state secretary is the first official in the gubernatorial line of succession. Pierluisi was sworn in as governor after Rosselló’s resignation. However, his tenure only lasted five days, as the Supreme Court ruled that his assumption of the office was unconstitutional because his nomination as state secretary was never confirmed by the Legislative Assembly. He was succeeded by the next official in the gubernatorial line of succession, Secretary of Justice Wanda Vázquez Garced, who became the first governor to serve through constitutional appointment.[21]
Spanish administration (1508–1898)
[edit]This list includes all governors of Puerto Rico who served under the Spanish Empire from the start of the colonization of the archipelago and island in 1508 to the end of Spanish rule as a result of the Spanish-American War in 1898. Governors are divided by the administrative territorial entity under which they served.
| Century 16th – 17th – 18th – 19th |
| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Tenure | Governor of the Indies[a] (tenure) |
Viceroy of the Indies[b] (tenure) |
President of the Council of the Indies (tenure) |
Monarch of Spain (tenure) |
Ref(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Duration | ||||||||
| 1 | 
|
Juan Ponce de León (c. 1474–1521) |
June 15, 1508 |
October 28, 1509 |
1 year, 135 days | Nicolás de Ovando (1502–1509) |
Vacant (1506–1511) |
Founded in 1511 | Ferdinand V (1475–1516)[c] |
[3][22][5][23][24][25] |
| Diego Columbus (1509–1515) | ||||||||||
| 2 | Juan Cerón (unknown) |
October 28, 1509 |
March 2, 1510 |
125 days | ||||||
| 3 |
|
Juan Ponce de León (c. 1474–1521) |
March 2, 1510 |
June 21, 1511 |
1 year, 111 days | Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca (1511–1524) | ||||
| 4 | Gonzalo Ovalle Interim (unknown) |
June 21, 1511 |
November 28, 1511 |
160 days | Diego Columbus (1511–1526) | |||||
| 5 | Juan Cerón (unknown) |
November 28, 1511 |
November 2, 1512 |
340 days | ||||||
| 6 | Rodrigo de Moscoso (unknown) |
November 2, 1512 |
February 1513 |
≥ 91 days | ||||||
| 7 | Cristóbal de Mendoza (unknown) |
February 1513 |
July 15, 1515 |
≥ 2 years, 137 days | ||||||
| 8 |
|
Juan Ponce de León (c. 1474–1521) |
July 15, 1515 | September 12, 1519 |
4 years, 59 days | |||||
| Cristóbal Hebron (1515–1516) |
Charles I (1516–1556) | |||||||||
| Luis de Figueroa, Bernardino Manzaneda, and Alonso de Santo Domingo (1516–1519) | ||||||||||
| 9 | Antonio de la Gama (c. 1489) |
September 12, 1519 |
January 30, 1521 |
1 year, 140 days | ||||||
| Rodrigo de Figueroa (1519–1520) | ||||||||||
| Diego Columbus (1520–1523) | ||||||||||
| 10 | Pedro Moreno (unknown) |
January 30, 1521 |
May 1523 |
≥ 2 years, 91 days | ||||||
| 11 | Alonso Manso Interim (1460–1539) |
May 1523 |
1524 | ≥ 215 days | Gaspar de Espinosa and Alonso de Zuazo (1523–1527) | |||||
| 12 | Pedro Moreno (unknown) |
1524 | June 1529 |
≥ 4 years, 152 days | ||||||
| Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal (1527–1530) |
Luis Colón de Toledo (1526–1535) |
García de Loaysa (1524–1528) | ||||||||
| 13 | Antonio de la Gama (c. 1489) |
June 1529 |
1530 | ≥ 185 days | García Fernández Manrique (1528–1535) | |||||
| 14 | Francisco Manuel de Landó (d. 1536) |
1530 | August 1536 |
≥ 6 years, 183 days | Alonso de Zuazo, Rodrigo Infante, and Juan de Badillo (1530–1533) | |||||
| Alonso de Fuenmayor (1533–1540) |
García de Loaysa (1535–1538) | |||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Tenure | President of the Royal Audience of Santo Domingo[d] (tenure) |
Viceroy of New Spain[e] (tenure) |
President of the Council of the Indies (tenure) |
Monarch of Spain (tenure) |
Ref(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Duration | ||||||||
| 15 | Vasco de Tiedra (unknown) |
August 1536 |
September 28, 1537 |
≥ 1 year, 28 days |
Alonso de Fuenmayor (1533–1540) |
Antonio de Mendoza (1535–1550) |
García de Loaysa (1535–1538) |
Charles I (1516–1556) |
[3][22][5][23][24][25] | |
| – [f] |
Vacant Alcaldes ordinarios |
September 28, 1537 |
1544 | ≥ 6 years, 95 days | Luís Colón de Toledo (1540–1543) |
García Fernández Manrique (1538–1546) | ||||
| 16 | Jerónimo Lebrón de Quiñones (1505–1545) |
1544 | July 6, 1545 |
≥ 187 days | Alonso López de Cerrato (1543–1549) | |||||
| 17 | Iñigo López Cervantes y Loayza (unknown) |
July 6, 1545 |
July 6, 1546 |
1 year, 0 days | ||||||
| 18 | Diego de Carasa (d. 1570) |
July 6, 1546 |
1548 | ≥ 1 year, 179 days |
Luis Hurtado de Mendoza (1546–1559) | |||||
| – [g] |
Vacant Alcaldes ordinarios |
1548 | 1550 | ≥ 1 year, 1 day |
Alonso de Fuenmayor (1549–1556) | |||||
| 19 | Luis de Vallejo (unknown) |
1550 | 1555 | ≥ 4 years, 1 day | Luís de Velasco (1550–1565) | |||||
| 20 | Alonso Estevez (unknown) |
1555 | August 12, 1555 |
≥ 1 day | ||||||
| 21 | Diego de Carasa (d. 1570) |
August 12, 1555 |
1561 | ≥ 5 years, 142 days | ||||||
| Alonso de Maldonado (1556–1558) | ||||||||||
| Juan López Cepeda (1558–1560) |
Vacant (1559–1563) |
Philip II (1556–1598) | ||||||||
| Juan Echagoyan (1560–1561) | ||||||||||
| 22 | Antonio de la Llama Vallejo (unknown) |
1561 | March 20, 1564 |
≥ 2 years, 80 days | Alonso Arias de Herrera (1561–1564) |
Juan Sarmiento (1563–1564) | ||||
| 23 | Francisco Bahamonde de Lugo (d. 1574) |
March 20, 1564 |
December 31, 1568 |
4 years, 286 days | ||||||
| Antonio Osorio y Villegas (1564–1565) |
Francisco de Ceinos (1564–1566) |
Francisco Tello de Sandoval (1564–1567) | ||||||||
| Alonso de Grajeda (1566–1567) |
Gastón de Peralta (1567–1568) | |||||||||
| Diego de Vera (1567–1568) |
Alonso de Muñoz and Luis Carrillo (1567–1568) | |||||||||
| Francisco de Ceinos (1568–1568) |
Luis Méndez de Quijada (1567–1570) | |||||||||
| 24 | Francisco de Solís Osorio (unknown) |
December 31, 1568 |
1575 | ≥ 6 years, 1 day | ||||||
| Antonio de Mexia (1568–1572) |
Martín Enríquez de Almanza (1568–1580) | |||||||||
| Francisco de Vera (1572–1576) |
Juan de Ovando y Godoy (1570–1575) | |||||||||
| 25 | Francisco de Obando y Mexia (c. 1546–1579) |
1575 | December 1578 |
≥ 2 years, 335 days | Gregorio González de Cuenca (1577–1581) |
Vacant (1575–1579) | ||||
| 26 | 
|
Juan Ponce de León II Interim (1524–1591) |
December 1578 |
1580 | ≥ 1 year, 1 day |
Antonio de Padilla y Meneses (1579–1580) | ||||
| 27 | Jerónimo de Agüero Campuzano Interim (unknown) |
1580 | April 24, 1580 |
≥ 1 day | ||||||
| 28 | Juan de Céspedes (d. 1591) |
April 24, 1580 |
August 2, 1581 |
1 year, 100 days | Lorenzo Suárez de Mendoza (1580–1583) |
Diego Gasca de Salazar (1580–1584) | ||||
| 29 | Juan López Melgarejo Interim (unknown) |
August 2, 1581 |
June 12, 1582 |
314 days | Pedro de Arceo (1581–1583) | |||||
| No. | Portrait | Name | Tenure | Ref(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Duration | ||||
| 30 | Diego Menéndez de Valdés (1553–1596) |
June 12, 1582 |
May 11, 1593 |
10 years, 333 days | [3][22][26][5][23][24][25] | |
| 31 | Pedro Suárez Coronel (unknown) |
May 11, 1593 |
June 20, 1596 |
≥ 3 years, 40 days | ||
| 32 | Antonio de Mosquera (unknown) |
June 20, 1596 |
June 21, 1598 |
2 years, 1 day | ||
| Start of the English occupation of San Juan | ||||||
| – [h] |
|
George Clifford (1558–1605) |
June 21, 1598 |
August 13, 1598 |
53 days | |
| John Berkeley (unknown) |
August 13, 1598 |
November 23, 1598 |
102 days | |||
| End of the English occupation of San Juan | ||||||
| 33 [i] |
Pedro Suárez Coronel de facto (unknown) |
November 23, 1598 |
March 22, 1599 |
120 days | ||
| 34 | Alonso de Mercado (unknown) |
March 22, 1599 |
August 7, 1602 |
3 years, 138 days | ||
| 35 | Sancho Ochoa de Castro (1566–1608) |
August 7, 1602 |
July 22, 1608 |
5 years, 350 days | ||
| 36 | Gabriel de Rojas Párano (1565–c. 1620) |
July 22, 1608 |
April 1614 |
≥ 5 years, 283 days | ||
| 37 | Felipe de Beaumont y Navarra (1564–1626) |
April 1614 |
May 31, 1620 |
≥ 6 years, 31 days | ||
| 38 | Juan de Vargas Asejas (1587–1631) |
May 31, 1620 |
August 25, 1625 |
5 years, 86 days | ||
| 39 | Juan de Haro y Sanvítores (1565–1632) |
August 25, 1625 |
August 1631 |
≥ 5 years, 341 days | ||
| 40 | Enrique Enríquez de Sotomayor (c. 1560–1638) |
August 1631 |
June 27, 1635 |
≥ 3 years, 300 days | ||
| 41 | Iñigo de la Mota Sarmiento (b. 1598) |
June 27, 1635 |
June 1641 |
≥ 5 years, 339 days | ||
| 42 | Agustín de Silva y Figueroa (c. 1600–1641) |
June 1641 |
December 1641 |
≥ 154 days | ||
| 43 | Juan de Bolaños Interim (unknown) |
December 1641 |
July 9, 1643 |
≥ 1 year, 190 days | ||
| 44 | Fernando de la Riva Agüero y Setién (1606–1663) |
July 9, 1643 |
July 12, 1650 |
7 years, 3 days | ||
| 45 | Diego de Aguilera y Gamboa (1606–1667) |
July 12, 1650 |
March 25, 1656 |
5 years, 257 days | ||
| 46 | José Novoa y Moscoso |
March 25, 1656 (b. 1607) |
August 28, 1661 |
5 years, 156 days | ||
| 47 | Juan Pérez de Guzmán y Chagoyen (c. 1618) |
August 28, 1661 |
November 23, 1664 |
3 years, 87 days | ||
| 48 | Jerónimo de Velasco (unknown) |
November 23, 1664 |
August 16, 1670 |
5 years, 266 days | ||
| 49 | Gaspar de Arteaga y Lequedano (c. 1619–1674) |
August 16, 1670 |
March 7, 1674 |
3 years, 203 days | ||
| 50 | Diego de Robledillo y Velasco Interim (unknown) |
March 7, 1674 |
July 20, 1674 |
163 days | ||
| 51 | Baltazar de Figueroa y Castilla Interim (unknown) |
July 20, 1674 |
April 2, 1675 |
256 days | ||
| 52 | Alonso de Campos y Espinosa (unknown) |
April 2, 1675 |
1678 | ≥ 2 years, 274 days | ||
| 53 | Juan de Robles Lorenzana (unknown) |
1678 | July 14, 1683 |
≥ 4 years, 195 days | ||
| 54 | Gaspar Martínez de Andino (unknown) |
July 14, 1683 |
May 5, 1690 |
6 years, 295 days | ||
| 55 | Gaspar de Arredondo y Valle (unknown) |
May 5, 1690 |
August 11, 1695 |
5 years, 99 days | ||
| 56 | Juan Fernández Franco de Medina (c. 1646–1998) |
August 11, 1695 |
May 16, 1998 |
2 years, 278 days | ||
| 57 | Antonio de Robles Silva Interim (unknown) |
May 16, 1698 |
October 17, 1699 |
1 year, 154 days | ||
| 58 | Gaspar de Arredondo y Valle Interim (unknown) |
October 17, 1699 |
June 21, 1700 |
247 days | ||
| 59 | Gabriel Gutiérrez de Rivas (1655–1703) |
June 21, 1700 |
July 23, 1703 |
3 years, 32 days | ||
| 60 | Diego Jiménez de Villarán Interim (unknown) |
July 23, 1703 |
October 12, 1703 |
81 days | ||
| 61 | Francisco Sánchez Calderón Interim (unknown) |
October 12, 1703 | 1704 | ≥ 81 days | ||
| 62 | Pedro de Arroyo y Guerrero Interim (d. 1706) |
1704 | 1706 | ≥ 1 year, 1 day | ||
| 63 | Juan Francisco López de Morla Interim (unknown) |
1706 | 1706 | ≥ 1 day | ||
| 64 | Francisco Danio Granados (unknown) |
1706 | 1709 | ≥ 2 years, 1 day | ||
| 65 | Juan de Ribera (unknown) |
1709 | May 3, 1716 |
≥ 6 years, 124 days | ||
| 66 | José Francisco Carreño Interim (unknown) |
May 3, 1716 |
August 30, 1716 |
119 days | ||
| 67 | Alberto Bertodano y Navarra (unknown) |
August 30, 1716 |
April 7, 1720 |
3 years, 221 days | ||
| 68 | Francisco Danio Granados (unknown) |
April 7, 1720 |
August 22, 1724 |
4 years, 137 days | ||
| 69 | José Antonio de Mendizábal y Azcue (unknown) |
August 22, 1724 |
October 11, 1731 |
7 years, 50 days | ||
| 70 | Matías de Abadía (unknown) |
October 11, 1731 |
June 28, 1743 |
11 years, 260 days | ||
| 71 | Domingo Pérez de Nanclares Interim (unknown) |
June 28, 1743 |
October 29, 1743 |
123 days | ||
| 72 | Juan José Colomo (unknown) |
October 29, 1743 |
August 11, 1750 |
6 years, 286 days | ||
| 73 | Agustín de Parejas (d. 1751) |
August 11, 1750 |
July 8, 1751 |
331 days | ||
| 74 | Esteban Bravo de Rivero Interim (unknown) |
July 8, 1751 |
May 1, 1753 |
1 year, 297 days | ||
| 75 | Felipe Ramírez de Estenoz (unknown) |
May 1, 1753 |
August 30, 1757 |
4 years, 121 days | ||
| 76 | Esteban Bravo de Rivero Interim (unknown) |
August 30, 1757 |
June 3, 1759 |
1 year, 277 days | ||
| 77 | Mateo de Guazo Calderón (d. 1760) |
June 3, 1759 |
March 7, 1760 |
278 days | ||
| 78 | Esteban Bravo de Rivero Interim (unknown) |
March 7, 1760 |
November 29, 1760 |
267 days | ||
| 79 | 
|
Ambrosio de Benavides (1718–1787) |
November 29, 1760 |
March 12, 1766 |
5 years, 103 days | |
| 80 | Marcos de Vergara (unknown) |
March 12, 1766 |
October 28, 1766 |
230 days | ||
| 81 | José Tentor Interim (unknown) |
October 28, 1766 |
July 31, 1770 |
3 years, 276 days | ||
| 82 | Miguel de Muesas (unknown) |
July 31, 1770 |
June 2, 1776 |
5 years, 307 days | ||
| 83 | 
|
José Dufresne (1707–1786) |
June 2, 1776 |
April 6, 1783 |
6 years, 305 days | |
| 84 | 
|
Juan Andrés Daban y Busterino (1724–1793) |
April 6, 1783 |
March 27, 1789 |
5 years, 355 days | |
| 85 | Francisco Torralbo y Robles Interim (c. 1740–1795) |
March 27, 1789 |
July 8, 1789 |
103 days | ||
| 86 | .jpg)
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Miguel Antonio de Ustáriz (d. 1792) |
July 8, 1789 |
March 27, 1792 |
2 years, 263 days | |
| 87 | Francisco Torralbo y Robles Interim (c. 1740–1795) |
March 27, 1792 |
1794 | ≥ 1 year, 280 days | ||
| 88 | Enrique Grimarest (unknown) |
1794 | March 21, 1795 |
≥ 80 days | ||
| 89 | 
|
Ramón de Castro y Gutiérrez (1751–c. 1812) |
March 21, 1795 |
November 12, 1804 |
9 years, 236 days | |
| 90 | 
|
Toribio Montes y Pérez (1749–1828) |
November 12, 1804 |
June 30, 1809 |
4 years, 230 days | |
| 91 | 
|
Salvador Meléndez y Bruna (1757–1824) |
June 30, 1809 |
March 22, 1820 |
10 years, 266 days | |
| 92 | Juan Vasco y Pascual (unknown) |
March 24, 1820 |
August 7, 1820 |
136 days | ||
| 93 | Gonzalo Aróstegui y Herrera (1774–1839) |
August 7, 1820 |
February 12, 1822 |
1 year, 189 days | ||
| 94 | José de Navarro Interim (unknown) |
February 12, 1822 |
May 30, 1822 |
107 days | ||
| 95 | Francisco González de Linares (unknown) |
May 30, 1822 |
December 4, 1822 |
215 days | ||
| 96 | 
|
Miguel Luciano de la Torre y Pando (1786–1843) |
December 4, 1822 |
January 14, 1837 |
14 years, 298 days | |
| 97 | Francisco Javier de Moreda y Prieto (unknown) |
January 14, 1837 |
December 15, 1837 |
334 days | ||
| 98 | 
|
Miguel López de Baños (1779–1861) |
December 15, 1837 |
October 2, 1840 |
2 years, 292 days | |
| 99 | 
|
Santiago Méndez de Vigo (1791–1860) |
October 2, 1840 |
April 24, 1844 |
3 years, 205 days | |
| 100 | 
|
Rafael de Arístegui y Vélez (1794–1863) |
April 24, 1844 |
December 15, 1847 |
3 years, 235 days | |
| 101 | 
|
Juan Prim y Prats (1814–1870) |
December 15, 1847 |
September 5, 1848 |
265 days | |
| 102 | 
|
Juan de la Pezuela y Cevallos (1809–1906) |
September 5, 1848 |
April 21, 1851 |
2 years, 228 days | |
| 103 | 
|
Enrique de España y Taberner (1801–1878) |
April 21, 1851 |
May 4, 1852 |
1 year, 13 days | |
| 104 | 
|
Fernando Norzagaray y Escudero (1808–1860) |
May 4, 1852 |
January 31, 1855 |
2 years, 272 days | |
| 105 | 
|
Andrés García Camba (1793–1861) |
January 31, 1855 |
August 23, 1855 |
204 days | |
| 106 | .jpg)
|
José Lémery e Ibarrola (1811–1886) |
August 23, 1855 |
January 28, 1857 |
1 year, 158 days | |
| 107 | 
|
Fernando Cotoner y Chacón (1810–1888) |
January 28, 1857 |
July 31, 1860 |
3 years, 185 days | |
| 108 | Sabino Gamir Maladen Interim (1824–1890) |
July 31, 1860 | August 19, 1860 | 19 days | ||
| 109 | .jpg)
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Rafaél de Echagüe y Bermingham (1815–1915) |
August 19, 1860 |
March 12, 1862 |
1 year, 205 days | |
| 110 | .jpg)
|
Rafael Izquierdo y Gutiérrez Interim (1820–1883) |
March 12, 1862 |
April 29, 1862 |
48 days | |
| 111 | 
|
Félix María de Messina Iglesias (1798–1872) |
April 29, 1862 | November 18, 1865 | 3 years, 203 days | |
| 112 | 
|
José María Marchessi y Oleaga (1801–1882) |
November 18, 1865 |
December 17, 1867 |
2 years, 29 days | |
| 113 | Julián Juan Pavía y Lacy (1812–1870) |
December 17, 1867 |
December 30, 1868 |
1 year, 13 days | ||
| 114 | 
|
José Laureano Sanz y Posse (1819–1898) |
December 30, 1868 |
May 28, 1870 |
10 years, 149 days | |
| 115 | 
|
Gabriel Baldrich y Palau (1814–1895) |
May 28, 1870 |
September 13, 1871 |
1 year, 108 days | |
| 116 | 
|
Ramón Gómez Pulido (1811–1875) |
September 13, 1871 |
July 30, 1872 |
321 days | |
| 117 | 
|
Simón de la Torre y Ormaza (1803–1884) |
July 30, 1872 |
November 25, 1872 |
118 days | |
| 118 | Joaquín Enrile y Hernán Interim (b. 1818) |
November 25, 1872 |
February 14, 1873 |
81 days | ||
| 119 | Juan Martínez Plowes (1808–1887) |
February 14, 1873 |
April 14, 1873 |
59 days | ||
| 120 | Rafael Primo de Rivera y Sobremonte (1813–1902) |
April 14, 1873 |
February 2, 1874 |
294 days | ||
| 121 |
|
José Laureano Sanz y Posse (1819–1898) |
February 2, 1874 |
December 15, 1875 |
1 year, 316 days | |
| 122 | 
|
Segundo de la Portilla y Gutiérrez (b. 1819) |
December 15, 1875 |
October 25, 1877 |
1 year, 314 days | |
| 123 | 
|
Manuel de la Serna Hernández Pinzón (1809–1878) |
October 25, 1877 |
April 26, 1878 |
183 days | |
| 124 | 
|
José Gamir Maladen Interim (1835–1896) |
April 26, 1878 |
June 24, 1878 |
59 days | |
| 125 | 
|
Eulogio Despujols y Dussay (1834–1807) |
June 24, 1878 |
July 6, 1881 |
3 years, 12 days | |
| 126 |
|
Segundo de la Portilla y Gutierrez (b. 1819) |
July 6, 1881 |
November 23, 1882 |
1 year, 140 days | |
| 127 | 
|
Miguel de la Vega Inclán y Palma (1820–1884) |
November 23, 1882 |
July 31, 1884 |
1 year, 251 days | |
| 128 | Carlos Suances y Campos Interim (1818–1891) |
July 31, 1884 |
September 19, 1884 |
50 days | ||
| 129 | 
|
Ramón Fajardo e Izquierdo Interim (1826–1888) |
September 19, 1884 |
October 22, 1884 |
33 days | |
| 130 | Carlos Suances y Campos Interim (1818–1891) |
October 22, 1884 |
November 23, 1884 |
32 days | ||
| 131 | 
|
Luis Daban y Ramírez de Arellano (1841–1892) |
November 23, 1884 |
January 10, 1887 |
2 years, 48 days | |
| 132 | 
|
Juan Contreras Martínez Interim (1834–1907) |
January 10, 1887 |
March 23, 1887 |
72 days | |
| 133 | .jpg)
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Romualdo Palacios González (1827–1908) |
March 23, 1887 |
November 11, 1887 |
233 days | |
| 134 |
|
Juan Contreras Martínez Interim (1834–1907) |
November 11, 1887 | February 23, 1888 | 104 days | |
| 135 | Pedro Ruiz Dana (1826–1891) |
February 23, 1888 |
April 18, 1890 |
2 years, 54 days | ||
| 136 | 
|
José Pascual Bonanza Interim (1834–1892) |
April 18, 1890 | April 21, 1890 | 3 days | |
| 137 | 
|
José Lasso Pérez (1837–1913) |
April 21, 1890 |
November 15, 1892 |
2 years, 208 days | |
| 138 | 
|
Manuel Delgado y Zuleta Interim (1842–1915) |
November 15, 1892 | January 10, 1893 | 56 days | |
| 139 | 
|
Antonio Daban y Ramírez de Arrellano (1844–1902) |
January 10, 1893 |
June 1, 1895 |
2 years, 142 days | |
| 140 | .jpg)
|
Andrés González Muñoz Interim (1840–1898) |
June 1, 1895 |
June 20, 1895 |
19 days | |
| 141 |
|
José Gamir Maladen (1835–1896) |
June 20, 1895 |
January 17, 1896 |
211 days | |
| 142 | 
|
Emilio March García Interim (1844–1919) |
January 17, 1896 |
February 15, 1896 |
29 days | |
| 143 | 
|
Sabas Marín González (1831–1901) |
February 15, 1896 |
January 4, 1898 |
1 year, 323 days | |
| 144 | 
|
Ricardo de Ortega y Díez Interim (1838–1917) |
January 4, 1898 |
January 11, 1898 |
7 days | |
| 145 |
|
Andrés González Muñoz (1840–1898) |
January 11, 1898 |
January 11, 1898 |
8 hours | |
| 146 |
|
Ricardo de Ortega y Díez Interim (1838–1917) |
January 11, 1898 |
February 2, 1898 |
22 days | |
| 147 | 
|
Manuel Macías y Casado (1844–1937) |
February 2, 1898 |
October 14, 1898 |
254 days | |
| 148 |
|
Ricardo de Ortega y Díez Interim (1838–1917) |
October 14, 1898 |
October 16, 1898 |
2 days | |
| 149 | 
|
Ángel Rivero Méndez Interim (1856–1930) |
October 16, 1898 | October 18, 1898 | 2 days | [20][11][5] |
American administration
(1898–present)
[edit]This list includes all governors of Puerto Rico who have served under the United States from the start of the annexation of the archipelago and island as a result of the Spanish-American War in 1898 to the present. Governors are divided by the administrative territorial entity under which they served.
| Century 19th – 20th – 21st |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Tenure | Ref(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Duration | ||||
| – [j] |
|
Nelson A. Miles (1839–1925) |
July 25, 1898 |
August 13, 1898 |
19 days | [3][24][25] |
| 150 | 
|
John R. Brooke (1838–1926) |
October 18, 1898 |
December 6, 1898 |
49 days | |
| 151 | 
|
Guy V. Henry (1839–1899) |
December 6, 1898 |
May 9, 1899 |
154 days | |
| 152 | 
|
George W. Davis (1839–1918) |
May 9, 1899 |
May 1, 1900 |
357 days | |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Tenure | Ref(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Duration | ||||
| 153 | 
|
Charles H. Allen (1848–1934) |
May 1, 1900 |
September 15, 1901 |
1 year, 137 days | [3][27] |
| 154 | 
|
William H. Hunt (1857–1949) |
September 15, 1901 |
July 4, 1904 |
2 years, 293 days | [3][28] |
| 155 | .jpg)
|
Beekman Winthrop (1874–1940) |
July 4, 1904 |
April 17, 1907 |
2 years, 287 days | [3][24][25] |
| 156 | 
|
Regis H. Post (1870–1944) |
April 17, 1907 |
November 6, 1909 |
2 years, 203 days | |
| 157 | 
|
George R. Colton (1865–1916) |
November 6, 1909 |
November 15, 1913 |
4 years, 9 days | |
| 158 [k] |
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|
Arthur Yager (1858–1941) |
November 15, 1913 |
March 2, 1917 |
3 years, 107 days | [3][29] |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Tenure | Ref(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Duration | ||||
| 158 [k] |
|
Arthur Yager (1848–1934) |
March 2, 1917 |
May 15, 1921 |
4 years, 74 days | [3][29] |
| 159 | 
|
José E. Benedicto Interim (1880–1924) |
May 15, 1921 |
July 30, 1921 |
76 days | [3][24][25] |
| 160 | .jpg)
|
E. Mont Reily (1866–1954) |
July 30, 1921 |
February 16, 1923 |
1 year, 201 days | [30] |
| 161 | 
|
Juan B. Huyke Interim (1880–1961) |
February 16, 1923 |
April 1, 1923 |
44 days | [24][25] |
| 162 | 
|
Horace M. Towner (1855–1937) |
April 1, 1923 |
September 29, 1929 |
6 years, 181 days | [31] |
| 163 | 
|
James R. Beverley Interim (1894–1967) |
September 29, 1929 |
October 7, 1929 |
8 days | [24][25] |
| 164 | 
|
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887–1954) |
October 7, 1929 |
January 30, 1932 |
2 years, 115 days | [32] |
| 165 |
|
James R. Beverley Interim (1894–1967) |
January 30, 1932 |
July 3, 1933 |
1 year, 154 days | [24][25] |
| 166 | 
|
Robert H. Gore (1887–1972) |
July 3, 1933 |
January 11, 1934 |
192 days | [33] |
| 167 | 
|
Benjamin J. Horton (1873–1963) |
January 11, 1934 |
February 5, 1934 |
25 days | [24][25] |
| 168 | 
|
Blanton C. Winship (1869–1947) |
February 5, 1934 |
June 25, 1939 |
5 years, 140 days | [34][35][36] |
| 169 | 
|
José E. Colom Interim (1889–1973) |
June 25, 1939 |
September 11, 1939 |
78 days | [24][25] |
| 170 | 
|
William D. Leahy (1875–1959) |
September 11, 1939 |
November 28, 1940 |
1 year, 78 days | [37] |
| 171 | _(pro_shot)_(from_large_print)_(200dpi)_(cropped).jpg)
|
José M. Gallardo Interim (1897–1976) |
November 28, 1940 |
February 3, 1941 |
67 days | [24][25] |
| 172 | 
|
Guy J. Swope (1892–1969) |
February 3, 1941 |
July 24, 1941 |
171 days | [38] |
| 173 |
|
José M. Gallardo Interim (1897–1976) |
July 24, 1941 |
September 19, 1941 |
57 days | [24][25] |
| 174 | 
|
Rexford G. Tugwell (1891–1979) |
September 19, 1941 |
September 2, 1946 |
4 years, 348 days | [39] |
| 175 | 
|
Jesús T. Piñero (1897–1952) |
September 2, 1946 |
January 2, 1949 |
2 years, 122 days | [12] |
| 176 [l] |
|
Luis Muñoz Marín (1898–1980) |
January 2, 1949 |
January 2, 1953 |
4 years | [24][25] |
Puerto Rico political affiliation
New Progressive Party (PNP) (8)
Popular Democratic Party (PPD) (7)
United States political affiliation
Democratic Party (D) (10)
Republican Party (R) (4)
Independent (I) (1)
| No. | Portrait[m] | Name[n] (birth–death) |
Election | Term of office | Puerto Rico political party | United States political party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office (end reason) | ||||||||
| 176 [l] |
|
Luis Muñoz Marín (1898–1980) [40] |
1952 | January 2, 1953 | January 2, 1957 | 12 years (did not seek reelection) |
Popular Democratic | Independent [o] | ||
| 1956 | January 2, 1957 | January 2, 1961 | ||||||||
| 1960 | January 2, 1961 | January 2, 1965 | ||||||||
| 177 | 
|
Roberto Sánchez Vilella (1913–1997) [42] |
1964 | January 2, 1965 | January 2, 1969 | 4 years (lost reelection) |
Popular Democratic | Democratic [p] | ||
| 178 | 
|
Luis A. Ferré (1904–2003) [44] |
1968 | January 2, 1969 | January 2, 1973 | 4 years (lost reelection) |
New Progressive | Republican [q] | ||
| 179 | 
|
Rafael Hernández Colón (1936–2019) [46][47] |
1972 | January 2, 1973 | January 2, 1977 | 4 years (lost reelection) |
Popular Democratic | Democratic [r] | ||
| 180 | 
|
Carlos Romero Barceló (1932–2021) [49][50] |
1976 | January 2, 1977 | January 2, 1981 | 8 years (lost reelection) |
New Progressive | Democratic [r] | ||
| 1980 | January 2, 1981 | January 2, 1985 | ||||||||
| 181 | 
|
Rafael Hernández Colón (1936–2019) [46][47] |
1984 | January 2, 1985 | January 2, 1989 | 8 years (did not seek reelection) |
Popular Democratic | Democratic [r] | ||
| 1988 | January 2, 1989 | January 2, 1993 | ||||||||
| 182 |  |
Pedro Rosselló (b. 1944) [51] |
1992 | January 2, 1993 | January 2, 1997 | 8 years (did not seek reelection) |
New Progressive | Democratic [52] | ||
| 1996 | January 2, 1997 | January 2, 2001 | ||||||||
| 183 | 
|
Sila María Calderón (b. 1942) [53] |
2000 | January 2, 2001 | January 2, 2005 | 4 years (did not seek reelection) |
Popular Democratic | Democratic [s] | ||
| 184 | 
|
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (b. 1962) [55] |
2004 | January 2, 2005 | January 2, 2009 | 4 years (lost reelection) |
Popular Democratic | Democratic [t] | ||
| 185 | 
|
Luis Fortuño (b. 1960) |
2008 | January 2, 2009 | January 2, 2013 | 4 years (lost reelection) |
New Progressive | Republican [57] | ||
| 186 | .jpg)
|
Alejandro García Padilla (b. 1971) |
2012 | January 2, 2013 | January 2, 2017 | 4 years (did not seek reelection) |
Popular Democratic | Democratic [u] | ||
| 187 | 
|
Ricardo Rosselló (b. 1979) |
2016 | January 2, 2017 | August 2, 2019 | 2 years, 212 days (resigned)[v] |
New Progressive | Democratic [59] | ||
| – [w] |
.jpg)
|
Pedro Pierluisi De facto (b. 1959) |
None [x] |
August 2, 2019 | August 7, 2019 | 5 days (constitutional removal) |
New Progressive | Democratic [59] | ||
| 188 | .jpg)
|
Wanda Vázquez Constitutional appointment (b. 1960) |
None [y] |
August 7, 2019 | January 2, 2021 | 1 year, 148 days (lost nomination) |
New Progressive | Republican [60] | ||
| 189 | 
|
Pedro Pierluisi (b. 1959) |
2020 | January 2, 2021 | January 2, 2025 | 4 years (lost renomination) |
New Progressive | Democratic [59] | ||
| 190 | .jpg)
|
Jenniffer González (b. 1976) |
2024 | January 2, 2025 | Current holder | 217 days | New Progressive | Republican [61] | ||
Timeline (1952–present)
[edit]
See also
[edit]
- First ladies and gentlemen of Puerto Rico
- Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
- History of Puerto Rico
- Politics of Puerto Rico
- List of Legislative Assemblies of Puerto Rico
Notes
[edit]- ^ The Governor of the Indies was also the governor of Santo Domingo and the president of the Real Audiencia of Santo Domingo, which retained jurisdiction over Puerto Rico from its creation in 1511 until the establishment of the Real Audiencia of Puerto Rico in 1831. With the creation of the Viceroyalty of New Spain and the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo in 1535, the title of Governor of the Indies ceased to exist.
- ^ The Viceroy of the Indies, a title granted to Christopher Columbus by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain upon the discovery of the Americas during his first voyage in 1492, held jurisdiction over Puerto Rico. The role remained vacant from the death of Columbus in 1506 to the recognition of his son, Diego, as the next viceroy in 1511. Columbus’s grandchild, Luis, was the last Viceroy of the Indies from the death of his father, Diego, in 1526 to the elimination of the title in 1537. The Viceroy of New Spain, the ruler of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, assumed the responsibilities of the Viceroy of the Indies.
- ^ After the death of his wife, Isabella I of Castile, in 1504, Ferdinand V became regent and administrator of the Crown of Castile, effectively ruling in place of his daughter, Joanna of Castile, who was declared unfit to rule due to alleged mental instability. While Joanna technically inherited the throne of Castile, Ferdinand ruled the kingdoms until his death in 1516, when his grandson, Charles I, succeeded him.
- ^ The president of the Real Audiencia of Santo Domingo retained jurisdiction over Puerto Rico from its creation in 1511 until the establishment of the Real Audiencia of Puerto Rico in 1831. The president also held the roles of governor of the Indies and Santo Domingo. However, with the creation of the Viceroyalty of New Spain and the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo in 1535, the title of Governor of the Indies ceased to exist.
- ^ With the creation of the Viceroyalty of New Spain and elimination of the Viceroyalty of the Indies in 1535, the Viceroy of New Spain acquired jurisdiction over Puerto Rico.
- ^ The tenures of alcaldes ordinarios are not statistically counted, as they served as municipal administrators and not governors. By order of King Charles I of Spain, two alcaldes ordinarios, one for the eastern cabildo of Partido de San Juan and the other for the western cabildo of Partido de San Germán, were elected each year by the regidores of each cabildo.
- ^ The tenures of alcaldes ordinarios are not statistically counted, as they served as municipal administrators and not governors. By order of King Charles I of Spain, two alcaldes ordinarios, one for the eastern cabildo of Partido de San Juan and the other for the western cabildo of Partido de San Germán, were elected each year by the regidores of each cabildo. The names of the only known alcaldes ordinarios are Alonso de Vargas and Francisco de Aguilar, who were the administrators of Partido de San Juan from 1548 to 1550.
- ^ As the English, led by George Clifford and John Berkeley, failed to keep the capital city, San Juan, and to gain control of the main island, their tenures are not statistically counted. With the English occupation of San Juan from June to November 1598, governor Antonio de Mosquera surrendered and was exiled to Cartagena de Indias in Colombia.
- ^ The de facto tenure of Pedro Suárez Coronel from November 1598 to March 1599 is statistically counted, as the former governor assume the governorship after the retreat of the English and arrival of Mosquera’s formal replacement, Alonso de Mercado.
- ^ While General Nelson A. Miles led the American invasion of Puerto Rico during the Spanish–American War from July 25 to August 13, 1898, he never served as governor, and thus, he is not statistically counted. From August 13 to October 18, fellow General John R. Brooke oversaw the peaceful transfer of sovereignty over Puerto Rico from Spain to the United States, as stipulated in the armistice signed by the two countries on August 12. After the departure of the Spanish officials from the capital, San Juan, on October 16, Brooke became the first American governor of the archipelago and island on October 18, succeeding the interim governor Ángel Rivero Méndez, who was the last governor under Spanish administration.
- ^ a b The continuous tenure of Arthur Yager was authorized under the Foraker Act of 1900 from November 15, 1913 to March 2, 1917, and under the Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917 from March 2, 1917 to May 15, 1921.
- ^ a b The continuous tenure of Luis Muñoz Marín was authorized under the Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917 and the Elective Governor Act of 1947 from January 2, 1949 to July 25, 1952, and under the Constitution of Puerto Rico from July 25, 1952 to January 2, 1965. Muñoz Marín became the first popularly elected governor of Puerto Rico through the 1948 Puerto Rican general election.
- ^ Official portrait or formal photo with the symbols of the United States or Puerto Rico as the governor of Puerto Rico or the preceding role.
- ^ Most commonly used name.
- ^ Trías Monge (1995) "Aunque se le percibía como Demócrata e influía decisivamente en las gestiones del Partido Demócrata de Puerto Rico, Muñoz Marín nunca se afilió formalmente a ese partido ni participó en actividad alguna de los partidos políticos estadounidenses."[41]
- ^ Metro (2012) "Desde la presidencia de Lyndon B. Johnson y la gobernación de Roberto Sánchez Vilella, no teníamos un presidente demócrata en Washington y un gobernador demócrata en San Juan."[43]
- ^ Fernós (2003) "[...]su dirigente Don Luis A. Ferré, presidente del Partido Republicano en Puerto Rico."[45]
- ^ a b c Montalvo (2012) "Carlos Romero Barceló y Rafael Hernández Colón son de partidos contrarios en la Isla, pero demócratas en la política estadounidense."[48]
- ^ Castilla y León. "[Calderón] pertenece al Partido Popular Democrático de Puerto Rico y al Partido Demócrata de Estados Unidos."[54]
- ^ DARN (2011) "[Acevedo Vilá] was an active member of the National Governors Association, the Southern Governors Association and the Democratic Governors Association."[56]
- ^ Varela (2013) "[...] Governor Alejandro Padilla, a Democrat [...]"[58]
- ^ Rosselló resigned from office due to the Telegramgate scandal.
- ^ The de facto tenure of Pedro Pierluisi from August 2 to August 7, 2019 is not statistically counted, as he served unconstitutionally. Before resigning from office, Ricardo Rosselló named Pierluisi as Secretary of State, with the intention of making him his successor, as the state secretary is the first official in the gubernatorial line of succession. Pierluisi was sworn in as governor after Rosselló’s resignation. However, his tenure only lasted five days, as the Supreme Court ruled that his assumption of the office was unconstitutional because his nomination as state secretary was never confirmed by the Legislative Assembly. He was succeeded by the next official in the gubernatorial line of succession, Secretary of Justice Wanda Vázquez Garced, who became the first governor to serve through constitutional appointment.
- ^ As de facto Secretary of State, Pedro Pierluisi succeeded to the office following the resignation of Ricardo Rosselló. Shortly thereafter, the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ruled that his assumption of the office was unconstitutional because his nomination as Secretary of State was never confirmed by the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico. He was succeeded by the next official in the gubernatorial line of succession, Secretary of Justice Wanda Vázquez Garced.[21]
- ^ As Secretary of Justice, Wanda Vázquez Garced succeeded to the office through constitutional appointment following the resignation of Ricardo Rosselló and the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico's ruling that Pedro Pierluisi's succession was invalid because he was not confirmed by the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico as Secretary of State, which is followed by the Secretary of Justice in the gubernatorial line of succession.[21]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Boletín Histórico de Puerto Rico- Tomo I, 1914". Issuu. December 8, 2022. p. 118. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
- ^ a b "Boletín Histórico de Puerto Rico- Tomo I, 1914". issuu. p. 127. Retrieved June 22, 2025.
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- ^ "MUNOZ ERA NEARS END IN SAN JUAN". The New York Times. December 27, 1964. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
- ^ "Luis Muñoz Marín". National Governors Association. January 2, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
- ^ "Embattled Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló resigns amid public outcry". www.nbcnews.com. July 25, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
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Although he served only two days, Rivero was credited with being the last Spanish governor of Porto Rico. He was born here and educated in Spain. He served in the Spanish army until the end of the Spanish-American war and later became an American citizen. Rivero was credited with doing much to create friendly understanding among Spaniards, Porto Ricans and Americans.
- ^ a b c "PIÑERO, Jesús T. | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
- ^ "Trump Ally Jenniffer González-Colón Wins Puerto Rico Governor's Race". HuffPost. November 6, 2024. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
- ^ Digital, Víctor Torres Montalvo, Francisco Soler Vega / Wapa (January 2, 2025). ""Así me ayude Dios": Jenniffer González juramenta como gobernadora". WAPA.TV (in Spanish). Retrieved July 15, 2025.
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