Party leaders of the Senate of Puerto Rico

Majority Leader of the Senate of Puerto Rico PPD Leader
Incumbent Javier Aponte Dalmau since January 11, 2021
Style	Senator

Minority Leader of the Senate of Puerto Rico PNP Leader
Incumbent Thomas Rivera Schatz since January 11, 2021
Style	Senator

Minority Leader of the Senate of Puerto Rico MVC Leader
Incumbent Ana Irma Rivera Lassén since January 11, 2021
Style	Senator

Minority Leader of the Senate of Puerto Rico PIP Leader
Incumbent María de Lourdes Santiago Negrón since January 11, 2021
Style	Senator

Minority Leader of the Senate of Puerto Rico PD Leader
Incumbent Joanne Rodríguez Veve since January 11, 2021
Style	Senator

Minority Leader of the Senate of Puerto Rico Independent Leader
Incumbent José Vargas Vidot since January 11, 2021
Style	Senator

The Senate of Puerto Rico majority and minority leaders are Puerto Rican Senators who are elected by the party conferences that hold the majority and the minorities respectively. These leaders serve as the chief Senate spokespeople for their parties and manage and schedule the legislative and executive business of the Senate. By rule, the Presiding Officer gives the Majority Leader priority in obtaining recognition to speak on the floor of the Senate. The Majority Leader customarily serves as the chief representative of their party in Senate.

Current floor leaders

The Senate is currently composed of 12 senators from the Popular Democratic Party (PPD), 10 senators from the New Progressive Party (PNP), 2 senators from Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana (MVC), 1 senator from the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP), 1 senator of Proyecto Dignidad (PD) and 1 independent senator.

The incumbent floor leaders are PPD Majority Leader Javier Aponte Dalmau, PNP Minority Leader Thomas Rivera Schatz.

List of party leaders

The "Majority" column indicates which party was the majority in the Senate, while the opposing column indicates the minority. The PIP is usually a minority.

Senate	Dates	PNP Leader	Majority	PPD Leader	PIP Leader	Independent	MVC Leader	PD Leader
1st	1949–1953		PPD Maj →		N/A
2nd	1953–1957	Miguel Angel García Méndez			Gilberto Concepción de Gracia (at-large)
3rd	1957–1961	Miguel Angel García Méndez		Luis Negrón López	N/A
4th	1961–1965
5th	1965–1969			Luis Negrón López
6th	1969–1973	Justo A. Méndez Rodriguez (at-large)		Hipólito Marcano (at-large)
7th	1973–1977	José Menéndez Monroig (at-large)			Rubén Berríos (at-large)
8th	1977–1981	Nicolás Nogueras (at-large)	← PNP Maj	Miguel Hernández Agosto (at-large)	N/A
9th	1981–1985		PPD Maj →	Gilberto Rivera Ortiz (Humacao)
10th	1985–1989	Roberto Rexach Benítez (at-large)		Gilberto Rivera Ortiz (Humacao)	Rubén Berríos (at-large)
11th	1989–1993			Gilberto Rivera Ortiz (Humacao)	Fernando Martín García (at-large)
12th	1993–1997	Charlie Rodríguez (at-large)	← PNP Maj	Miguel Hernández Agosto (at-large)	Rubén Berríos (at-large)
13th	1997–2001	José Enrique Meléndez (Guayama)		Antonio Fas Alzamora (at-large)
14th	2001–2005	Kenneth McClintock (at-large)	PPD Maj →	José Luis Dalmau (Humacao)	Fernando Martín (at-large)
15th	2005	Jorge de Castro Font (at-large)	← PNP Maj	José Luis Dalmau (Humacao)
	2005–2009	Margarita Nolasco (Guayama)			María de Lourdes Santiago (at-large)
16th	2009–2011	Roberto Arango (San Juan)			N/A
	2011-2013	Larry Seilhamer (Ponce)
17th	2013–2017	Larry Seilhamer (at-large)	PPD Maj →	Aníbal José Torres (at-large)	María de Lourdes Santiago (at-large)
18th	2017–2021	Carmelo Ríos (Bayamón)	← PNP Maj	Eduardo Bhatia (at-large)	Juan Dalmau (at-large)	José Vargas Vidot (at-large)
19th	2021-present	Thomas Rivera Schatz (at-large)	PPD Maj →	Javier Aponte Dalmau (Carolina)	María de Lourdes Santiago (at-large)	José Vargas Vidot (at-large)	Ana Irma Rivera Lassén (at-large)	Joanne Rodríguez Veve (at-large)
Senate	Dates	PNP Leader	Majority	PPD Leader	PIP Leader	Independent	MVC Leader	PD Leader

See also

• Assistant party leaders of the Senate of Puerto Rico