# Government of Alejandro García Padilla

The government of Alejandro García Padilla was formed in the weeks following the 2012 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election and was sworn in initially in January 2013, 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.

## Party breakdown

Party breakdown of 21 cabinet members, not including the governor, but including the Secretary of Governance, from January 2013 to September 2014:
| Popular Democratic Party | 18 |
| Indendependence Party | 1 |
| Independents | 2 |
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:
| Popular Democratic Party | 19 |
| Indendependence Party | 1 |
| Independents | 1 |

## Members of the Cabinet

The Puerto Rican Cabinet is led by the Governor, along with, starting in 1986, 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
| Office | Name | Party | Term |
| 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 | Ind. | 2 January 2013 - 19 September 2014 |
| Secretariat of Governance Secretaría de la Gobernación | Víctor Suárez Meléndez | PPD | 19 September 2014 – 9 December 2015 |
| Secretariat of Governance Secretaría de la Gobernación | Grace Santana Balado | 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 |
| Director of the Office of Management and Budget Directoría de la Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto | Luis F. Cruz Batista | PPD | 2 January 2013 – 2 January 2014 |
| President of the Puerto Rico Planning Board Presidencia de la Junta de Planificación | Luis García Pelatti | PPD | 2 January 2013 – 2 January 2017 |
| President of the Environmental Quality Board Presidencia de la Junta de Calidad Ambiental | Laura Vélez Vélez | 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 | PPD | 2 January 2013- 30 October 2015 |
| Secretary of State Secretaría de Estado | Víctor Suárez Meléndez | PPD | 1 November 2015 - 2 January 2017 |
| Secretary of Justice Secretaría de Justicia | Luis Sánchez Betances | PPD | 2 January 2013 – 31 December 2013 |
| Secretary of Justice Secretaría de Justicia | César R. Miranda Rodríguez | PPD | 13 January 2014 - 2 January 2017 |
| Secretary of the Treasury Secretaría de Hacienda | Melba Acosta Febo | PPD | 2 January 2013 – 26 October 2014 |
| Secretary of the Treasury Secretaría de Hacienda | Juan C. Zaragoza Gómez | PPD | 26 October 2014 - 2 January 2017 |
| Secretary of Education Secretaría de Educación | Rafael Román Meléndez | PPD | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 |
| Secretary of Labor and Human Resources Secretaría del Trabajo y Recursos Humanos | Vance E. Thomas Rider | PIP | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 |
| Secretary of Transportation and Public Works Secretaría de Transportación y Obras Públicas | Miguel Torres Díaz | PPD | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 |
| Secretary of Economic Development and Commerce Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico y Comercio | Alberto Bacó Bagué | PPD | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 |
| Secretary of Health Secretaría de Salud | Francisco Joglar Pesquera | PPD | 2 January 2013 - 13 September 2013 |
| Secretary of Health Secretaría de Salud | Ana Ríus Armendáriz | PPD | 16 September 2013 - 2 January 2017 |
| Secretary of Agriculture Secretaría de Agricultura | Myrna Comas Pagán | 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 | 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 | PPD | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 |
| Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources Secretaría de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales | Carmen Guerrero Pérez | PPD | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 |
| Secretary of Sports and Recreation Secretaría de Deportes y Recreación | Ramón Orta Rodríguez | 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 | 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 |
| President of the Puerto Rico Government Development Bank Presidencia del Banco Gubernamental de Fomento | Melba Acosta Febo | PPD | 27 October 2014 - 31 July 2016 |
| President of the Puerto Rico Government Development Bank Presidencia del Banco Gubernamental de Fomento | Alberto Bacó Bagué | PPD | 31 July 2016 – 2 January 2017 |