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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 ...
Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset (born 31 October 1960) is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, from 2009 to 2013. Fortuño served as the first secretary of economic development and commerce of Puerto Rico (1994–1997), as the executive director of the Puerto Rico ...
University of Puerto Rico School of Law ( LLB) Carlos Antonio Romero Barceló (September 4, 1932 – May 2, 2021) 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 ...
Pedro Juan Rosselló González[ 1] ( Latin American Spanish: [roseˈʝo]; born April 5, 1944) [ 2] 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 ...
Education. University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras ( BA) Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law ( JD) Wanda Emilia Vázquez Garced (born July 9, 1960) [5] [6] is a Puerto Rican politician and attorney who served as Governor of Puerto Rico from 2019 to 2021. [7] [8] Prior to her tenure as governor, she served as the 19th secretary ...
The governor of Puerto Rico (Spanish: gobernador de Puerto Rico) is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and commander-in-chief of the Puerto Rico National Guard. The governor has a duty to enforce local laws , to convene the Legislative Assembly , the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Legislative ...
The DNC platform backed a bill that left out Puerto Rico's current territorial status, while the RNC platform omitted explicit support for statehood for Puerto Rico from their platform.
Ricardo Rosselló. Ricardo Antonio Rosselló Nevares ( Latin American Spanish: [roseˈʝo neˈβaɾes]; born March 7, 1979) is a former governor of Puerto Rico who served from 2017 until his resignation in 2019 after overwhelming protests related to the Telegramgate scandal. He is the son of former governor of Puerto Rico and pediatric surgeon ...