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.

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Majority leaders

  New Progressive Party    Popular Democratic Party
PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePartyMajority Whip
Ernesto Ramos Antonini 19411943 PPD
Ernesto Ramos Antonini 19451949 PPD
Hernán Padilla Ramírez 19691973 PNP
José R. Morales 19731977 PPD Olga Cruz de Nigaglioni
David Urbina Urbina 19771978 PNP Celia V. Monrouzeau Martínez
José N. Granados Navedos 19781982 PNP Celia V. Monrouzeau Martínez
José R. Jarabo Alvarez 19821985 PPD
Presby Santiago García 19851993 PPD Héctor López Galarza
Néstor Aponte Hernández 19931997 PNP Ángel Cintrón García
Pedro Figueroa Costas 19971999 PNP Edwin Mundo Ríos
Ángel Cintrón García 19992001 PNP Iris M. Ruiz Class
Roberto Maldonado Vélez 20012004 PPD Héctor Ferrer Ríos
Iris M. Ruiz Class 20052009 PNP María L. Ramos Rivera
Rolando Crespo Arroyo 20092011 PNP Ángel Pérez Otero
Carlos J. Méndez Núñez 20112013 PNP Ángel Pérez Otero
Charlie Hernández 20132017PPD Carlos Bianchi Angleró
Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló 20172012PNP Urayoán Hernández
Angel Matos García 2021present PPD Roberto Rivera Ruiz de Porras

Minority leaders

  Liberal Party    New Progressive Party    Popular Democratic Party    Puerto Rican Independence Party
PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePartyWhip
Manuel Martínez Dávila19331934 Liberal
Ernesto Ramos Antonini 19341937 Liberal
Ernesto Ramos Antonini 19431945 PPD
Leopoldo Figueroa Carreras 19501967 Statehood Republican Baldomero Roig Vélez
Baldomero Roig Vélez19671969 Statehood Republican
Dr. Luis Ernesto Ramos Yordan (early 1970s).png Luis E. Ramos Yordán 19691973 PPD Olga Cruz de Nigaglioni
Angel Viera Martínez 19731977 PNP Hernán Padilla Ramírez
Severo Colberg Ramírez 19771981 PPD José R. Jarabo Alvarez
19811982 PPD
Angel Viera Martínez 19821983 PNP José N. Granados Navedos
José N. Granados Navedos 19831989 PNP Edison Misla Aldarondo
Edison Misla Aldarondo 19891993 PNP Carlos J. López Nieves
Alfonso López Chaar19931994 PPD Rolando Ortiz Velázquez
José E. Arrarás Mir 19941995 PPD Severo E. Colberg Toro
Severo E. Colberg Toro 19951997 PPD Ferdinand Lugo González
Anibal Acevedo Vila.jpg Aníbal Acevedo Vilá 19972001 PPD Roberto Cruz Rodríguez
Víctor García San Inocencio 19972009 PIP N/A
Edison Misla Aldarondo 20012002 PNP Iris M. Ruiz Class
Aníbal Vega Borges 20022005 PNP Iris M. Ruiz Class
Héctor Ferrer Ríos 20052012 PPD Luis R. Torres Cruz
Luis R. Torres Cruz 20122013 PPD
Jenniffer Gonzalez (cropped).jpg Jenniffer González 20132017 PNP Johnny Méndez
Tatito Hernández 2017presentPPD

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