Secretary of State of Puerto Rico

The **secretary of state of Puerto Rico** is a political position that helps promote cultural, political, and economical relations between Puerto Rico to the United States or foreign countries. The secretary also becomes acting governor when the governor is unable to perform his duties.

## List of secretaries

|Image|Name|Assumed office|Left office|Party|Affiliation|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Roberto Sánchez Vilella|1952|1964|PPD|Democratic|
||Carlos J. Lastra|1965|1966|PPD|Democratic|
||Guillermo Irizarry|1966|1969|PPD|Democratic|
||Carlos Fernando Chardón|1969|1973|PNP|Republican|
||Víctor Pons|1973|1974|PPD|Democratic|
||Juan A. Albors|1975|1977|PPD|Democratic|
||Reinaldo Paniagua Diez|1977|1979|PNP|Democratic|
||Pedro R. Vazquez|1979|1981|PNP|Democratic|
||Carlos S. Quirós|1981|1985|PNP|Republican|
||Héctor Luis Acevedo|1985|1988|PPD|Democratic|
||Alfonso Lopez Chaar|1988|1988|PPD|Democratic|
||Sila María Calderón|1988|1990|PPD|Democratic|
||Antonio J. Colorado|1990|1992|PPD|Democratic|
||Salvador M. Padilla Escabi|1992|1992|PPD|Democratic|
||Baltasar Corrada del Rio|1993|1995|PNP|Republican|
||Norma Burgos|1995|1999|PNP|Republican|
||Angel Morey|1999|2001|PNP|Democratic|
||Ferdinand Mercado|January 2, 2001|October 8, 2004|PPD|Democratic|
||Jose Izquierdo Encarnacion|October 8, 2004|January 2, 2005|PPD|Democratic|
||Marisara Pont Marchese|January 2, 2005|March 1, 2005|PPD|Democratic|
||Fernando J. Bonilla|March 2005|January 2, 2009|PPD|Democratic|
||Kenneth D. McClintock|January 2, 2009|January 2, 2013|PNP|Democratic|
||David Bernier|January 2, 2013|October 30, 2015|PPD|Democratic|
||Víctor Suárez Meléndez|November 1, 2015|January 2, 2017|PPD|Democratic|
||Luis G. Rivera Marín|January 2, 2017|July 16, 2019|PNP|Republican|
||Pedro Pierluisi|July 31, 2019|August 2, 2019|PNP|Democratic|
||María Marcano de León|August 4, 2019|December 19, 2019|PNP|Democratic|
||Elmer Román|December 20, 2019|August 23, 2020|PNP|Republican|
||Raúl Márquez Hernández|August 30, 2020|January 2, 2021|PNP|Republican|
||Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez|January 2, 2021|May 25, 2021|PNP|Republican|
||Félix Rivera Torres|May 25, 2021|July 12, 2021|PNP|Independent|
||Omar Marrero|July 12, 2021|January 2, 2025|PNP|Independent|
||Verónica Ferraiuoli|January 2, 2025|June 30, 2025|PNP|Democratic|
||Rosachely Rivera|June 30, 2025|Present|PNP|Republican|

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Secretary of State
- **body**: Puerto Rico
- **insignia**: Seal of the Secretary of State of Puerto Rico.svg
- **insigniasize**: 150px
- **insigniacaption**: Official seal
- **imagesize**: 200px
- **image**: Alcaldesa Rosachely Rivera Santana.jpg
- **incumbent**: Rosachely Rivera
- **incumbentsince**: June 30, 2025
- **department**: Puerto Rico Department of State, Department of State
- **nominator**: Governor of Puerto Rico, Governor
- **appointer**: Governor of Puerto Rico, Governor
<small>with advice and consent from the Senate of Puerto Rico, Senate and House of Representatives of Puerto Rico, House of Representatives</small>
- **termlength**: At the pleasure of the Governor
- **salary**: $90,000 (set by statute) United States dollar, USD
- **formation**: Established by Article Four of the Constitution of Puerto Rico, Article IV of the Constitution of Puerto Rico
- **succession**: Puerto Rico governmental line of succession, First
- **website**: [https://www.estado.pr.gov/ www.estado.pr.gov]