Carlos Antonio Romero Barceló was a Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 1977 to 1985. He was the second governor to be elected from the New Progressive Party (PNP). He also served 2 terms in Congress as the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001.
Sila María Calderón Serra is a Puerto Rican politician,businesswoman,and philanthropist who was the governor of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2005. She is the first woman elected to that office. Prior to her term as governor,Calderón held various positions in the government of Puerto Rico,including the 12th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico from 1988 to 1989,and Chief of Staff to Governor Rafael Hernández Colón. She was also mayor of San Juan,the capital of Puerto Rico,from 1997 to 2001.
Pedro Juan RossellóGonzález is a Puerto Rican physician and politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001. He was President of the New Progressive Party from 1991 to 1999 and 2003 to 2008,and served as Senator for the District of Arecibo from 2005 to 2008. His son,Ricardo,was also Governor of Puerto Rico from 2017 to 2019.
General elections were held in Puerto Rico on Tuesday,November 2,2004. After a count by the State Commission of Elections,the winner was inaugurated to a four-year term as Governor of Puerto Rico on January 2,2005.
Baltasar Corrada del Río was a Puerto Rican politician. He held various high political offices in the island,including President of the Puerto Rico Civil Rights Commission,Resident Commissioner (1977–1985),Mayor of the capital city of San Juan (1985–1989),Puerto Rico's 15th Secretary of State (1993–1995) and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1995–2005). He was also the unsuccessful NPP candidate for Governor in the elections of 1988.
Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico,an unincorporated territory of the United States,from 2009 to 2013.
David Enrique "Quique" Bernier Rivera is a Puerto Rican dentist and politician that has served in various roles in public service in Puerto Rico. Bernier first served as executive director of the Office of Youth Affairs of Puerto Rico and was later confirmed as the youngest Secretary of Sports and Recreation of Puerto Rico in history. Four years later,he was unanimously confirmed as Secretary of State of Puerto Rico for the administration of Alejandro García Padilla. He was the 2016 candidate for Governor of Puerto Rico of the Popular Democratic Party.
The 2006 Puerto Rico budget crisis was a political,economic,and social crisis that saw much of the government of Puerto Rico shut down after it ran out of funds near the end of the 2005–2006 fiscal year. The shut down lasted for two weeks from 1 May 2006 through 14 May 2006,leaving nearly 100,000 public employees without pay and closing more than 1,500 public schools.
Roberto Sánchez Ramos is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico and former Attorney General of Puerto Rico,appointed in 2005 by Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá. Before becoming Attorney General,Sanchez Ramos served as Solicitor General of Puerto Rico. He is the son of former Governor of Puerto Rico Roberto Sánchez Vilella. His mother,Jeannette Ramos Buonomo,is a retired judge of the Puerto Rico Court of Appeals,and his grandfather was Ernesto Ramos Antonini,who for many years was the Speaker (President) of Puerto Rico's House of Representatives. Also,his aunt was Ivette Ramos Buonomo,a retired professor at University of Puerto Rico's Law School. He was born while his father Roberto Sánchez Vilella was governor of Puerto Rico.
General elections were held in Puerto Rico on Tuesday,November 4,2008,to elect the officials of the government that would serve for the next four years,most notably the Governor of Puerto Rico.
Hiram Torres Rigual was born in Mayagüez,Puerto Rico. He completed his bachelor's degree in Political Science and History in 1946 with high honors and in 1949 he obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law. He completed postgraduate studies at Harvard University,where he obtained a master's degree in public law in 1962. After serving as an Internal Revenue agent as well as an aide to Puerto Rico's Treasury Secretary,he studied law at the University of Puerto Rico while he worked summers as a professor of Political Science on the same campus. He clerked with Supreme Court of Puerto Rico Associate Justice Borinquen Marrero upon his law school graduation in 1949 and held other government posts including over 15 years as an aide to Governors Luis Muñoz Marín and Roberto Sánchez Vilella.
The secretary of state of Puerto Rico leads all efforts that promote the cultural,political,and economical relations between Puerto Rico and foreign countries,and other jurisdictions of the United States. The post was created by Article IV of the Constitution of Puerto Rico which merely establishes that the secretary serves as acting governor when the governor is unable to perform his duties—a post similar to that of a lieutenant governor in U.S. politics. In recent times,however,the post has evolved into one similar to that of a foreign minister. Today,the secretary is the officer in charge of Puerto Rico's foreign relations,albeit under the consent of Congress or the U.S. Department of State due to Puerto Rico's political status.
Marisara Pont Marchese served as the 20th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico,as well as Acting Governor in the absence of Governor Aníbal Acevedo Viláand the only one whose recess term ended when denied legislative confirmation. She is a public relations consultant in Puerto Rico and has held several public and partisan offices over the years.
Aníbal Salvador Acevedo Vilá is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer. He served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 2005 to 2009. He is a Harvard University alumnus and a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico School of Law,where he obtained his Juris Doctor degree. Acevedo Viláhas held various public service positions in the Puerto Rico government under the Popular Democratic Party,serving as a member of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico (1993–2001) and as the 17th Resident Commissioner (2001–2005),before he was sworn in as Governor on 2 January 2005. Acevedo Viláwas also a member of the National Governors Association,the Southern Governors' Association and the Democratic Governors Association,and a collaborator of President Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Also he is currently an adjunct professor of the University of Puerto Rico School of Law. He unsuccessfully ran for Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in the 2020 elections for the Popular Democratic Party.
The Popular Democratic Party is a political party in Puerto Rico that advocates to continue as a Commonwealth of the United States with self-governance. The party was founded in 1938 by dissidents from the Puerto Rican Liberal Party and the Unionist Party and originally promoted policies on the center-left. In recent years,however,its leaders have described the party as centrist.
The 2008 Popular Democratic Party primaries were the primary elections by which voters of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) chose its nominees for various political offices of Puerto Rico for the 2008 general elections. They were held on March 9,2008. Incumbent Governor Aníbal Acevedo Viláfaced no opposition for his candidacy,making him the official candidate for the elections.
Aníbal José"Jossie" Torres is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). Torres has served in several positions of leadership within his party. He served as Secretary of the party during the 2000s,before being appointed as Puerto Rico Chief of Staff by elected Governor Aníbal Acevedo Viláin 2005. After serving four years,he returned to his position as Secretary of the PPD,before deciding to run for the Senate of Puerto Rico at the 2012 general elections.
The Puerto Rico governmental line of succession defines who may become or act as Governor of Puerto Rico upon the incapacity,death,resignation,or removal from office of a sitting governor or a governor-elect.
Víctor A. Suárez Meléndez is a Puerto Rican lawyer and politician who was the 24th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico,as well as being the current executive director of the Puerto Rico Convention Center District Authority. Prior to his current position,Suárez served in various roles in public service,including as executive director of the Puerto Rico Ports Authority,as Secretary of Consumer Affairs,as deputy mayor of Carolina,and as Puerto Rico Chief of Staff. Before he joined the government,Suárez worked as an operations manager for Colgate-Palmolive and as a private-practice lawyer. He also worked as a consultant for various public and private entities in matters such as process reengineering,projects management,organizational restructuring and development of efficiency indicators.
