Government of Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia

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Government of Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia
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20th Constitutional Government of Puerto Rico
2021-present
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Pierluisi Urrutia's official portrait (left) and government logo used during his term (right).
Date formed2 January 2021
Date dissolvedCurrently in office
People and organisations
President of the United States of America Donald J. Trump
Joseph Robinette Biden
Governor Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia
Secretary of State Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez (2021-2021)
Omar Marrero Díaz (2021-present)
Total no. of members16 Secretaries [lower-alpha 1]
21 Cabinet Members [lower-alpha 1]
Member parties  PNP
  Ind.
Status in legislatureMinority party in both chambers
Senate
10 / 27 (37%)

House of Representatives
21 / 51 (41%)
Opposition parties  PPD (largest)
  MVC
  PIP
  PD
  Ind.
Opposition leaders José Luis Dalmau 2021-2023 (PPD), Jesus Manuel Ortiz since 2023 (PPD), Juan Dalmau (PIP), Manuel Natal Albelo (MVC)
History
Elections 2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election
2020 Puerto Rico Senate election
2020 Puerto Rico House of Representatives election
Legislature term 19th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
Budgets 2021 Puerto Rico Budget
2022 Puerto Rico Budget
Advice and consent Senate of Puerto Rico
House of Representatives of Puerto Rico [lower-alpha 2]
Incoming formation 2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election
Predecessor Government of Wanda Vázquez Garced

The government of Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia was formed in the weeks following the 2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election [1] as he released a list of nominees for most of the positions before his swearing in on 2 January 2021. His New Progressive Party (PNP) not having a majority in either chamber of the 19th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico meant that he would have to further negotiate the approval of his nominees with the opposition parties that hold control of the legislature.

Contents

Party breakdown

Party breakdown of cabinet members (until April 2021), not including the governor:

18
3

The cabinet was composed of members of the PNP and at a point, three independent or technical positions (or people whose membership in a party was not clearly ascertained from any available media). After April 2021 it was composed as follows.

19
2

Members of the Cabinet

The Puerto Rican Cabinet is led by the Governor, along with, starting in 1986., [2] [3] the Secretary of Governance. The Cabinet is composed of all members of the Constitutional Council of Secretaries (Article IV of the Constitution of Puerto Rico  (1952)), who are the heads of the executive departments, along with other Cabinet-level officers who report directly to the Governor of Puerto Rico or to the Secretary of Governance, but who are not heads nor members of an executive office. All the Cabinet-level officers are at the same bureaucratic level as of the Secretaries. [4] [5]

OfficeNamePartyTerm

Governor

Governor of Puerto Rico
Gobernación de Puerto Rico		 Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia [6] PNP 2 January 2021 – Present

Office of the Governor

Secretariat of Governance
Secretaría de la Gobernación		 Natalia García Bardales [7] PNP 2 January 2021 – Present
President of the Puerto Rico Planning Board
Presidencia de la Junta de Planificación		Manuel A.G. Hidalgo Rivera [8] [9] PNP 2 January 2021 – 21 December 2021
Julio Lassús Ruiz [8] [9] PNP 22 December 2021 – Present
Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Directoría de Gerencia y Presupuesto		Juan Carlos Blanco Urrutia [10] PNP 2 January 2021 – Present
Executive Director for Federal Affairs
Directoría Ejecutiva de PRFAA		Jennifer Storipan [11] PNP 1 August 2019 – 15 January 2021
Carmen M. Feliciano [12] [13] PNP 16 January 2021 – 28 February 2023
Luis D. Dávila Pernas [14] PNP 7 March 2023 - Present

Council of Secretaries

Secretary of State
Secretaría de Estado		 Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez [6] PNP 2 January 2021 – 25 May 2021
Omar Marrero Díaz [15] PNP 12 July 2021 – Present
Secretary of Justice
Secretaría de Justicia		 Domingo Emanuelli Hernández [16] PNP 2 January 2021 – Present
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretaría de Hacienda		 Francisco Parés Alicea [17] [16] Ind. 24 June 2019 – Present
Secretary of Education
Secretaría de Educación		 Elba Aponte Santos [16] Ind. [lower-alpha 3] 2 January 2021 – 17 April 2021 [18]
Magaly Rivera Rivera [19] PNP 22 April 2021 – 21 May 2021 [20]
Eliezer Ramos Parés [21] PNP 21 May 2021 – 30 June 2023 [22]
Ángel Toledo López [23] PNP 1 July 2023 – 7 July 2023 [24]
Yanira Raíces Vega [25] PNP 10 July 2023 – Present
Secretary of Labor and Human Resources
Secretaría del Trabajo y Recursos Humanos		 Carlos Rivera Santiago [26] [27] PNP 9 June 2020 – 31 December 2021 [28]
Gabriel Maldonado González [29] PNP 9 January 2022 – Present
Secretary of Transportation and Public Works
Secretaría de Transportación y Obras Públicas		 Eileen Vélez Vega [30] PNP 2 January 2021 – Present
Secretary of Economic Development and Commerce
Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico y Comercio		 Manuel Cidre Miranda [16] Ind. 2 January 2021 – Present
Secretary of Health
Secretaría de Salud		Carlos Mellado López [27] PNP 2 January 2021 – Present
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretaría de Agricultura		 Ramón "Pirul" González Beiró [27] PNP 2 January 2021 – Present
Secretary of Consumer Affairs
Secretaría de Asuntos del Consumidor		 Edan Rivera Rodríguez [31] PNP 2 January 2021 – Present
Secretary of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Secretaría de Corrección y Rehabilitación		 Ana Escobar Pabón [32] PNP 2 January 2021 – Present
Secretary of Family Affairs
Secretaría de la Familia		 Carmen Ana González Magaz [27] PNP 2 January 2021 – Present
Secretary of Housing
Secretaría de Vivienda		 William Rodríguez Rodríguez [27] PNP 2 January 2021 – Present
Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources
Secretaría de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales		 Rafael Machargo Maldonado [33] [34] PNP 7 February 2020 – 31 March 2022 [35]
Anaís Rodríguez Vega [36] [37]
(acting)		 PNP 1 April 2022 – Present
Secretary of Public Safety
Secretaría de Seguridad Pública		 Alexis Torres Ríos [38] PNP 2 January 2021 – Present
Secretary of Sports and Recreation
Secretaría de Deportes y Recreación		 Ray Quiñones Vázquez [31] PNP 2 January 2021 – Present

Other Cabinet-level officers

Inspector General
Inspectoría General		Ivelisse Torres Rivera [39] PNP 16 January 2019 – Present
Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority
Directoría Ejecutiva de la Autoridad de Asesoría Financiera y Agencia Fiscal de Puerto Rico		 Omar J. Marrero Díaz [40] PNP 31 July 2019 – Present

Notes

  1. 1 2 Does not include the Governor or the Secretariat of Governance.
  2. ↑ The House provides advice and consent for the Secretary of State, as he is first in line in the Puerto Rico governor' order of succession as established inArticle IV, Section 5 of the Constitution of Puerto Rico  (1952)
  3. ↑ Elba Aponte Santos was the president of the Teacher's Association before her nomination to the position, and before her being in office no clear ties indicating her membership in the PNP were observed.

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