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17th Cabinet of the Puerto Rican Constitutional Government From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The government of Alejandro García Padilla was formed in the weeks following the 2012 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election[5][6] and was sworn in initially in January 2013,[7] with some confirmations coming in later. It featured a pro-Independence secretary, a non-partisan Secretary of Governance, as well as the continuation of the previous PNP administrations' Commissioner of Safety and Public Protection.
Government of Ricardo Rosselló Nevares | |
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17th Constitutional Government of Puerto Rico | |
2013-2017 | |
Date formed | 2 January 2013 |
Date dissolved | 2 January 2017 |
People and organisations | |
President of the United States of America | Barack H. Obama |
Governor | Alejandro García Padilla |
Secretary of State | David Bernier Rivera |
Total no. of members | 15 Secretaries[lower-alpha 1] 20 Cabinet Members [lower-alpha 2] |
Member party | PPD PIP[lower-alpha 3] Ind. |
Status in legislature | Majority party in both chambers Senate 18 / 27 (67%) House of Representatives 28 / 51 (55%) |
Opposition party | PNP (largest) PIP |
Opposition leader | Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia (2013-2016) Ricky Rosselló Nevares (2016-2017) |
History | |
Elections | 2012 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election 2012 Puerto Rico Senate election 2012 Puerto Rico House of Representatives election |
Outgoing election | 2016 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election |
Legislature term | 17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico |
Budgets | 2013 Puerto Rico Budget 2014 Puerto Rico Budget 2015 Puerto Rico Budget 2016 Puerto Rico Budget |
Advice and consent | Senate of Puerto Rico House of Representatives of Puerto Rico [lower-alpha 4] |
Incoming formation | 2012 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election |
Outgoing formation | 2016 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election |
Predecessor | Government of Luis Fortuño Burset |
Successor | Government of Ricardo Rosselló Nevares |
Party breakdown of 21 cabinet members, not including the governor, but including the Secretary of Governance, from January 2013 to September 2014:
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The cabinet was composed of members of the PPD, a PIP member (in defiance to PIP leadership), and at its height, two concurrent independents or technical positions (or people whose membership in a party was not clearly ascertained from any available media). After the exit of Ingrid Vila Biaggi in September 2014, the PPD gained a seat in the Cabinet at the expense of the independent position she left for Víctor Suárez Meléndez:
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1 | |
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The Puerto Rican Cabinet is led by the Governor, along with, starting in 1986,[8][9] 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[10][11][12]
Office | Name | Party | Term | |||||
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Governor | ||||||||
Governor of Puerto Rico Gobernación de Puerto Rico | Alejandro García Padilla | PPD | 2 January 2013 – 2 January 2017 | |||||
Office of the Governor | ||||||||
Secretariat of Governance Secretaría de la Gobernación | Ingrid Vila Biaggi[5] | Ind. | 2 January 2013 - 19 September 2014 | |||||
Víctor Suárez Meléndez[13] | PPD | 19 September 2014 – 9 December 2015 | ||||||
Grace Santana Balado[14] | PPD | 9 December 2015 – 1 January 2017 | ||||||
Director of the Office of Management and Budget Directoría de la Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto | Carlos Rivas Quiñones | PPD | 15 October 2014 – 2 January 2017 | |||||
Luis F. Cruz Batista[15] | PPD | 2 January 2013 – 2 January 2014 | ||||||
President of the Puerto Rico Planning Board Presidencia de la Junta de Planificación | Luis García Pelatti[16] | PPD | 2 January 2013 – 2 January 2017 | |||||
President of the Environmental Quality Board Presidencia de la Junta de Calidad Ambiental | Laura Vélez Vélez[17][18] | PPD | 2 January 2013 – 1 September 2015 | |||||
Executive Director for Federal Affairs Administration Directoría Ejecutiva de la Administración de Asuntos Federales | Juan Eugenio Hernández Mayoral | PPD | 2 January 2013 – 2 January 2017 | |||||
Council of Secretaries | ||||||||
Secretary of State Secretaría de Estado | David Bernier Rivera[5] | PPD | 2 January 2013- 30 October 2015 | |||||
Víctor Suárez Meléndez[14] | PPD | 1 November 2015 - 2 January 2017 | ||||||
Secretary of Justice Secretaría de Justicia | Luis Sánchez Betances[19][20] | PPD | 2 January 2013 – 31 December 2013 | |||||
César R. Miranda Rodríguez[21] | PPD | 13 January 2014 - 2 January 2017 | ||||||
Secretary of the Treasury Secretaría de Hacienda | Melba Acosta Febo[22] | PPD | 2 January 2013 – 26 October 2014 | |||||
Juan C. Zaragoza Gómez[22] | PPD | 26 October 2014 - 2 January 2017 | ||||||
Secretary of Education Secretaría de Educación | Rafael Román Meléndez[23] | PPD | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 | |||||
Secretary of Labor and Human Resources Secretaría del Trabajo y Recursos Humanos | Vance E. Thomas Rider[24][25] | PIP | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 | |||||
Secretary of Transportation and Public Works Secretaría de Transportación y Obras Públicas | Miguel Torres Díaz[26] | PPD | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 | |||||
Secretary of Economic Development and Commerce Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico y Comercio | Alberto Bacó Bagué[5] | PPD | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 | |||||
Secretary of Health Secretaría de Salud | Francisco Joglar Pesquera | PPD | 2 January 2013 - 13 September 2013 | |||||
Ana Ríus Armendáriz | PPD | 16 September 2013 - 2 January 2017 | ||||||
Secretary of Agriculture Secretaría de Agricultura | Myrna Comas Pagán[27] | PPD | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 | |||||
Secretary of Consumer Affairs Secretaría de Asuntos del Consumidor | Nery Adamés Soto | PPD | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 | |||||
Secretary of Corrections and Rehabilitation Secretaría de Corrección y Rehabilitación | José Negrón Fernández[28] | PPD | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 | |||||
Secretary of Family Affairs Secretaría de la Familia | Idalia Colón Rondón | PPD | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 | |||||
Secretary of Housing Secretaría de Vivienda | Rubén Ríos Pagán[27] | PPD | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 | |||||
Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources Secretaría de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales | Carmen Guerrero Pérez[27] | PPD | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 | |||||
Secretary of Sports and Recreation Secretaría de Deportes y Recreación | Ramón Orta Rodríguez[29] | PPD | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 | |||||
Other Cabinet-level officers | ||||||||
Commissioner of Safety and Public Protection Comisaría de Seguridad y Protección Pública | Héctor Pesquera[5][30] | Ind. | 9 April 2012 - 10 April 2017 | |||||
President of the Puerto Rico Government Development Bank Presidencia del Banco Gubernamental de Fomento | Javier D. Ferrer Fernández | PPD | 2 January 2013 – 13 July 2014 | |||||
Melba Acosta Febo | PPD | 27 October 2014 - 31 July 2016 | ||||||
Alberto Bacó Bagué[31] | PPD | 31 July 2016 – 2 January 2017 | ||||||
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