List_of_governors_of_Puerto_Rico

List of governors of Puerto Rico

List of governors of Puerto Rico

Add article description

The first person to officially occupy the position was Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León in 1509.[1] At the time, the Spanish monarchy was responsible for appointing the functionary who would perform this office. The first native Puerto Rican to perform the function was Juan Ponce de León II, as interim governor in 1579. During this administration, all of those appointed to take the position had served another function within the empire's government or the Roman Catholic Church. In 1898, the United States invaded Puerto Rico and the Spanish government ceded control of the island to the United States. During the first two years, the entire government in Puerto Rico was appointed by the president of the United States. In 1900, the American government approved the establishment of the Foraker Act as a federal law, this act established a civilian government in the island. In 1947, the federal Elective Governor Act was enacted, which created a new system where, since 1948, the governor is elected through a democratic process every four years. The governor is in charge of Puerto Rico's executive branch and is responsible for appointing executive branch agency heads, including the Secretary of State, who fulfills the role of lieutenant governor, the legislative branch's ombudsman and comptroller and all judges in the judicial branch.

See also: Governor of Puerto Rico

La Fortaleza in Old San Juan is the official residence of the governor of Puerto Rico. It was built between 1533 and 1540.
This list of governors of Puerto Rico includes all persons who have held that post, either under Spanish or American rule. The governor of Puerto Rico is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The position was first established by the Spanish Empire during the 16th century following the archipelago's colonization.

Duties and succession

The standard (flag) and seal of the governor of Puerto Rico
Juan Ponce de León II, 28th governor of Puerto Rico, grandson of the first governor, and the first born in the island to become governor.

In the governor's absence, or if the governor dies or is unable to perform the executive duties, the Secretary of State of Puerto Rico takes control of the executive position, as acting governor during a temporary absence or inability, and as governor in case of death, resignation or impeachment and conviction.[2] The elected governor must designate a number of secretaries and other agency heads that will control the individual administrative agencies during his time in office, the selected secretaries are in charge of the island's health, natural resources, economy, correctional and judicial agencies and the department of consumer concerns, among others. The Governor's four-year term begins on January 2, the day after the New Year's Day holiday.

On July 24, 2019, Ricardo Rosselló became the first governor to resign his office. This happened after more than a week of protests due to a chain of corruption arrests and a leaked Telegram chat which contained offensive remarks made by the governor.

List of governors of Puerto Rico

Century
16th – 17th – 18th – 19th – 20th – 21st

Governors under Spanish Crown

More information No., Portrait ...

Governors under U.S. colonial administration

Military government

More information No., Image ...

Post-Foraker Act of 1900

More information No., Image ...

Governors under the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

  New Progressive Party (7)
  Popular Democratic Party (7)

US party affiliation

  Democratic Party (10)
  Republican Party (3)
  Independent (1)

More information No., Portrait ...

See also

Notes

  1. 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."[40]
  2. 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."[42]
  3. Fernós (2003) "[...]su dirigente Don Luis A. Ferré, presidente del Partido Republicano en Puerto Rico."[44]
  4. Montalvo (2012) "Carlos Romero Barceló y Rafael Hernández Colón son de partidos contrarios en la Isla, pero demócratas en la política estadounidense."[47]
  5. Castilla y León. "[Calderón] pertenece al Partido Popular Democrático de Puerto Rico y al Partido Demócrata de Estados Unidos."[53]
  6. DARN (2011) "[Acevedo Vilá] was an active member of the National Governors Association, the Southern Governors Association and the Democratic Governors Association."[55]
  7. Varela (2013) "[...] Governor Alejandro Padilla, a Democrat [...]"[57]
  8. As Secretary of State, 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 Legislature.[59]
  9. As Secretary of Justice, Mrs. Vázquez Garced succeeded to the office 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 both chambers of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico as Secretary of State.[59]

References

  1. [1]
    "Puerto Rico". World Statesmen.org. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Rama Ejecutiva" (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico. Archived from the original on August 13, 2007. Retrieved September 23, 2007.
  3. [3]
    "Ponce de León, Juan". Infoplease. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  4. [4]
    Blanch, José (December 23, 1894). "Directorio comercial é industrial de la isla de Puerto-Rico para 1894. Formado con relaciones oficiales remitidas por los sres. alcaldes municipales de cada localidad" (in Spanish). Puerto-Rico, "La correspondencia". p. 8 – via Internet Archive.
  5. [5]
    "Puerto Rico in the Great Depression". New Deal Network. Archived from the original on November 5, 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2007.
  6. [6]
    "Governors of Puerto Rico - Under Spanish Rule". El Boricua. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  7. [7]
    "Puerto Rico - Chronology". World's Statesmen. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  8. [8]
    Casa Blanca reveals centuries of San Juan history Archived 2009-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
  9. [9]
    Soler, L.M.D. (1970). Historia de la esclavitud negra en Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Universidad de Puerto Rico, Editorial Universitaria. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-8477-0095-0. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  10. [10]
    "Diego Menéndez de Valdés". Real Academia de la Historia (in Spanish). Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  11. [12]
    Altagracia Ortiz (January 1, 1983). Eighteenth-century Reforms in the Caribbean: Miguel de Muesas, Governor of Puerto Rico, 1769-76. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. ISBN 978-0-8386-3008-2.
  12. [13]
    "El capitan general de la Isla de Puerto Rico a todos los vecinos y habitantes de ella : Puerto Rico. Governor (1809–1820 : Meléndez y Bruna)". Internet Archive (in Spanish). October 23, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  13. [14]
    "Rafael Cordero Molina: Maestro de proceres, Siervo de Dios" (in Spanish). Puerto Rico en breve. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  14. [15]
    Miller, Paul Gerard (1922). Historia de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved June 21, 2020 – via Internet Archive.
  15. [16]
    "A Sketch of the New Spanish Ministers". Empire. December 31, 1856. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  16. [17]
    "José Laureano Sanz Posse". Real Academia de la Historia (in Spanish). Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  17. [18]
    "Presencia del ideario masónico en el proyecto revolucionario antillano de Ramón Emeterio Betances" (in Spanish). Universidad de Puerto Rico. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  18. [19]
    "Protagonistas de la Guerra Hispano Americana en Puerto Rico Parte VII" (in Spanish). Coqui.net. Retrieved September 18, 2007.
  19. [20]
    "Teniente general Andrés González Muñoz" (in Spanish). Puerto Rico en breve. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  20. [21]
    "Puerto Rico's New Governor". timesmachine nytimes.
  21. [22]
    "Protagonistas de la Guerra Hispano Americana en Puerto Rico Parte VI" (in Spanish). Coqui.net. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  22. [23]
    "Last Spanish Ruler in Porto Rico Dies". Democrat and Chronicle. February 25, 1930. Retrieved November 29, 2022 – via newspapers.com. 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.
  23. [24]
    "John R. Brooke". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  24. [25]
    "Allen, Charles Herbert, (1848 - 1934)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  25. [26]
    "Hunt, William Henry". Federal Judicial Center. Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  26. [27]
    "Arthur Yager 1908-1913". Georgetown College. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  27. [28]
    "The Architecture of Power". Carnegie Mellon University. Archived from the original on July 4, 2007. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  28. [29]
    "Towner, Horace Mann, (1855 - 1937)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  29. [30]
    "TR's Family Tree". Theodore Roosevelt Association. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  30. [31]
    Washington Post (1933), "Warren D. Robbins Minister to Canada; White House Also Chooses Robert H. Gore as Governor of Puerto Rico", Washington Post, no. April 29, 1933, p. 2
  31. [32]
    Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Civil Rights in Puerto Rico. The Commission of Inquiry on Civil Rights in Puerto Rico, editor. 70 pages. May 22, 1937. Published by The Law Library Microform Consortium (LLMC). Archived December 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Accessed on October 30, 2010.
  32. [33]
    Vito Marcantonio, U.S. Congressman. Five Years of Tyranny. Speech before the U.S. House of Representatives. Cheverote Productions. 14 August 1939. Archived January 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine The entire speech is contained in the Congressional Record August 14, 1939. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  33. [34]
    Vito Marcantonio. "Five Years of Tyranny". Cheverote Productions. Archived from the original on August 8, 2007. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  34. [35]
    "William D. Leahy - Biography". Williamdleahy.com (official web site). Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  35. [36]
    "Swope, Guy Jacob, (1892 - 1969)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  36. [37]
    "Rexford G. Tugwell (1891–1979)". The Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  37. [38]
    "Jesus T. Piñero". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  38. [39]
    "Luis Muñoz Marín - Biografia". Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  39. [40]
    Trías Monge, José (1995). Historia Constitucional de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Vol. V. La Editorial. ISBN 9780847702084. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  40. [41]
    Luis R. Negrón. "Roberto Sánchez Vilella" (in Spanish). Puerto Rico en breve. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  41. [42]
    "Líderes populares reclaman a Cox Alomar para Oficina de PR en Washington". Metro Puerto Rico. Metro International. December 20, 2012. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  42. [43]
    "Luis A. Ferré". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  43. [44]
    Fernós, Antonio (2003). Ser Nosotros Mismos!: La Angustiosa Lucha Del Pueblo Puertorriqueño Por Su Soberanía Nacional (in Spanish). La Editorial. ISBN 9780847701421. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  44. [45]
    "Rafael Hernández Colón". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  45. [46]
    "Rafael Hernández Colón, former governor of Puerto Rico, dies at 82". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. May 2, 2019. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  46. [47]
    Montalvo, Iza (October 8, 2012). "Exgobernadores de PR visitan Florida en campaña por Obama". La Opinión (in Spanish).
  47. [48]
    "Romero-Barceló, Carlos Antonio, (1932 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  48. [49]
    "Fallece el exgobernador Carlos Romero Barceló". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). Retrieved May 3, 2021.
  49. [50]
    "Pedro Rosselló" (in Spanish). Senado de Puerto Rico. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  50. [51]
    "Hon. Pedro Rosselló - Resumen Biográfico" (in Spanish). 1998. Retrieved August 10, 2013. [Rosselló es] Vicepresidente de la Asociación de Gobernadores Demócratas.
  51. [52]
    "Sila Maria Calderón". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  52. [53]
    "Calderón Serra, Sila María" (in Spanish). Junta de Castilla y León. Archived from the original on March 31, 2014. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  53. [54]
    "Acevedo-Vilá, Aníbal, (1962 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  54. [55]
    "Former Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá to Present at DANR Leadership Forum in Puerto Rico". Dominican American National Roundtable. August 7, 2011. Archived from the original on July 24, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  55. [56]
    "WSJ: Luis Fortuno is a Republican Star". Republican Governors Association. Archived from the original on August 25, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  56. [57]
    Varela, Julio (May 22, 2013). "Opinion: For Puerto Rico to ever progress, the politics of status must disappear". NBC Latino. NBC. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  57. [58]
    "Ricky Rosselló | Democratic Governors Association". Democratic Governors Association. Archived from the original on June 3, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  58. [59]
    Romo, Vanessa; Gonzales, Richard (August 7, 2019). "Puerto Rico's Justice Secretary Wanda Vázquez Sworn In As Governor". NPR.org. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  59. [60]
    "La gobernadora Wanda Vázquez se "inclina hacia la filosofía republicana"". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). Retrieved August 21, 2019.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article List_of_governors_of_Puerto_Rico, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.