List of governors of Puerto Rico

The following list are the people who became the Governor of Puerto Rico.

 List of Governors of Puerto Rico 
Century16th – 17th – 18th – 19th – 20th – 21st34px|link=Captaincy General of Puerto Rico        27px|link=Coat of arms of Puerto Rico

 Governors under Spanish Crown 
 No. Portrait Governor(Birth–Death) Took office Left office  100pxCaptain General Don
Juan Ponce de León (1st time)1474 – July 1521 (aged c. 47)15081509 Juan Cerón15091510 100pxCaptain General Don
Juan Ponce de León (2nd time)15101511 Juan Cerón15111512 Rodrigo Moscoso15121513  Captain General
Cristóbal de Mendoza15131515 100pxCaptain General Don
Juan Ponce de León (3rd time)15151519 Sánchez Velázquez15141519 Antonio de la Gama15191521 Pedro Moreno15211523  Bishop
Alonso Manso15231524 Pedro Moreno15241528 Antonio de la Gama15281530  Lieutenant General
Francisco Manuel de Landó15301536 Vasco de Tiedra15361537 Vasco de Tiedra15371544 Jerónimo Lebrón de Quiñones15441544  Lcdo.
Iñigo López Cervantes y Loayza15441546  Lcdo.
Diego de Caraza15461548 Diego de Caraza15481550 Luis de Vallejo15501555  Lcdo.
Alonso Esteves15551555 Lcdo.
Diego de Caraza15551561 Antonio de la Llama Vallejo15611564 Francisco Bahamonde De Lugo15641568  Francisco de Solís Osorio15681574 Francisco de Obando y Mexia15751579 100pxJuan Ponce de León II15791579Casa Blanca reveals centuries of San Juan history  Jerónimo de Agüero Campuzano15801580  Captain General
Juan de Céspedes15801581  Captain General
Juan López Melgarejo15811582  Captain General
Diego Menéndez de Valdés15821593  Colonel
Pedro Suárez de Coronel (1st time)15931597  Captain General
Antonio de Mosquera15971598  Colonel
Pedro Suárez de Coronel (2nd time)1597-81599 Captain General
Alonso de Mercado15991602  Captain General
Sancho Ochoa de Castro16021608 Gabriel de Rojas Párano16081614  Captain General Felipe de Beaumont y Navarra16141620 Juan de Vargas16201625  Captain General Juan de Haro y Sanvítores16251630  Captain General Enrique Enriquez de Sotomayor16311635  Captain General Iñigo de la Mota Sarmiento16351641  Captain General Agustín de Silva y Figueroa16411641 Captain General Juan de Bolaños16421643 Fernando de la Riva Agüero y Setien16431648 Diego de Aguilera y Gamboa16491655 José Novoa y Moscoso Pérez y Buitron16551660  Captain General Juan Pérez de Guzmán y Chagoyen16601664 Jerónimo de Velasco16641670 Gaspar de Arteaga y Aunoavidao16701674 Diego Roblandillo16741674  Captain General Baltazar Figueroa y Castilla16741674 Alonso de Campos y Espinosa16751678  Juan de Robles Lorenzana16781683  Captain General Gaspar Martínez de Andino16831685 Juan Francisco Medina16851690  Gaspar de Arredondo y Valle16901695  Juan Francisco Medina16951697 Tomás Franco16971698 Antonio de Robles Silva16981699  Gabriel Suárez de Ribera17001703  Diego Jiménez de Villarán17031703 Francisco Sánchez Calderón17031703 Pedro Arroyo y Guerrero17041705 Juan Francisco López de Morla17061706 Francisco Danío Granados17061708  Colonel Juan de Ribera17091715 José Francisco Carreño17161716 Alfonso Bortodano17161720 Francisco Danio Granados17201724  Captain General José Antonio de Mendizabal y Azcue17241730  Lieutenant Colonel Matías de Abadía17311743  Domingo Pérez de Mandares17431744  Colonel Juan José Colomo17441750  Colonel Agustín de Parejas17501751  Lieutenant Colonel Esteban Bravo de Rivero17511753  Captain General Felipe Ramírez de Estenos17531757 Esteban Bravo de Rivero17571759 Mateo de Guaso Calderón17591760 Esteban Bravo de Rivero17601761  100px Lieutenant Colonel Ambrosio de Benavides17611766  Colonel Marcos de Vergara17661766  Lieutenant Colonel José Trentor17661770  Colonel Miguel de Muesas17691776  100px Colonel José Dufresne17761783   Field Marshal Don Juan Andrés Daban y Busterino17831789  Coronel Francisco Torralbo y Robles17891789  100px Brigadier General Miguel Antonio de Ustariz17891792 Coronel Francisco Torralbo y Robles17921794  Brigadier General Enrique Grimarest17941795 100px Field Marshal Don Ramón de Castro y Gutiérrez17951804 Toribio Montes18041809 Salvador Meléndez Bruna18091820  Brigadier General Juan Vasco y PascualMarch 24, 1820August 7, 1820  Brigadier General Gonzalo Arostegui y HerreraAugust 7, 1820February 12, 1822 Coronel José de NavarroFebruary 12, 1822May 30, 1822 Francisco González de LinaresMay 30, 1822December 4, 1823  100px Lieutenant General Miguel Luciano de La Torre y PandoDecember 4, 18231837 Francisco Javier de Moreda y Prieto18371838  100px Field Marshal Miguel López de Baños18381841  100px Lieutenant General Santiago Méndez de Vigo18411844  Lieutenant General Rafael de Aristegui y Vélez18441847  100px Field Marshal Don Juan Prim de Prats y Gonzalez18471848 100px Lieutenant General Juan de la Pezuela y Cevallos18481851 Enrique de España y Taberner18511852  100px Lieutenant General Fernándo Norzagaray y Escudero18521855  100px Lieutenant General Andrés García Camba18551855 100px Lieutenant General José Lemery Ibrarrola Ney y Gonzalez18551857  100px Lieutenant General  Fernando Cotoner y Chacon18571860  Sabino Gamir Maladen18601860 100px Lieutenant General Rafael Echague y Bermingham18601862  Brigadier General Rafael Izquierdo y Gutierrez18621863  100px Lieutenant General Félix María de Messina IglesiasApril 1862November 1865 100px Lieutenant General José María Marchessi y Oleaga18651867 General Julián Juan Pavia Lacy18671868 General José Laureano Sanz y Posse18681870  Lieutenant General Gabriel Baldrich18701871  General Ramón Gómez Pulido18711872  General Simón de la Torre Ormaza18721872 Brigadier General Joaquín Eurile Hernan18721873  Lieutenant General Juan Martínez Plowes18731873 General Rafael Primo de Rivera y Sobremonte18731874 General José Laureano Sanz y Posse18751875  General Segundo de la Portilla Gutierrez18751877  General Manuel de la Serna Hernandez y Pinzón18771878  General José Gamir Maladen18781878 100pxGeneral Eulogio Despujols y Dussay18781881 General Segundo de la Portilla Gutierrez18811883 100pxGeneral Miguel de la Vega Inclán y Palma18831884 General Don Carlos Suances Campos18841884 General Ramón Fajardo Izquierdo18841884 100pxGeneral Luis Daban y Ramírez de Arellanó18841887 80pxGeneral Romualdo Palacios Gonzalez18871887 General Juan Contreras Martinez18871888 General Pedro Ruiz Dana18881890 Brigadier General José Pascual Bonanza18901890 General José Lasso y Pérez18901893 100pxGeneral Antonio Daban y Ramírez de Arrellanó18931895 General José Gamir18951896  General Emilio March18961896 General Sabas Marín González18961898 100pxGeneral Ricardo de Ortega y Diez18981898  General Andrés González Muñoz18981898 100pxGeneral Ricardo de Ortega y Diez18981898 100pxGeneral Manuel Macías Casado18981898 100pxGeneral Ricardo de Ortega y Diez18981898

 Governors under U.S. colonial administration 
Military government
 No. Image Name Took office Left office Reference190pxCommanding General Nelson A. Miles18981898290pxMajor General John R. Brooke18981898390pxMajor General Guy Vernor Henry18981899490px Major General George Whitefield Davis18991900

Post-Foraker Act of 1900
 No. Image Name Took office Left office Notes Reference190pxCharles Herbert AllenMay 1, 1900September 15, 1901First U.S. civil governor appointed by President William McKinley290pxWilliam Henry HuntSeptember 15, 1901July 4, 1904390pxBeekman WinthropJuly 4, 1904April 17, 1907490pxRegis Henri Post19071909590pxGeorge Radcliffe Colton19091913690pxArthur Yager191319217José E. Benedicto19211921Interim governor890pxEmmet Montgomery ReilyJuly 30, 1921March 19239Juan Bernardo HuykeMarch 1923April 1, 1923Interim governor1090pxHorace Mann TownerApril 1, 1923September 29, 192911James R. Beverley1929September 9, 19291290pxTheodore Roosevelt Jr.September 9, 1929January 193213James R. Beverley 2nd TermJanuary 1932July 3, 193314Robert Hayes GoreJuly 3, 1933January 11, 193415Benjamin Jason HortonJanuary 11, 1934February 5, 19341690pxBlanton C. WinshipFebruary 5, 1934June 25, 1939Summarily removed by President Roosevelt on May 12, 1939.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).  Accessed on October 30, 2010.Vito Marcantonio, U.S. Congressman. Five Years of Tyranny. Speech before the U.S. House of Representatives. Cheverote Productions. 14 August 1939.  The entire speech is contained in the Congressional Record August 14, 1939. Retrieved October 30, 2010.17José E. ColónJune 25, 1939September 11, 1939Interim governor1890pxWilliam D. LeahySeptember 11, 1939November 28, 194019José Miguel GallardoNovember 28, 1940February 1941Interim governor20Guy J. SwopeFebruary 1941July 24, 194121José Miguel GallardoJuly 24, 1941September 19, 1941Interim governor2290pxRexford TugwellSeptember 19, 1941September 2, 19462390pxJesús T. PiñeroSeptember 2, 1946January 2, 1949Only native Puerto Rican governor appointed under US colonial administration

 Governors under the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 
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 No. PortraitNameTook officeLeft office Party ElectionAffiliation 190pxLuis Muñoz MarínJanuary 2, 1949January 2, 1965Popular Democratic1948Independent195219561960 290pxRoberto Sánchez VilellaJanuary 2, 1965January 2, 1969Popular Democratic1964 Democratic 390pxLuis A. FerréJanuary 2, 1969January 2, 1973New Progressive1968 Republican 490pxRafael Hernández ColónJanuary 2, 1973January 2, 1977Popular Democratic1972 Democratic 590pxCarlos Romero BarcelóJanuary 2, 1977January 2, 1985New Progressive1976Democratic1980 690pxRafael Hernández ColónJanuary 2, 1985January 2, 1993Popular Democratic1984Democratic1988 7 Pedro Rosselló GonzálezJanuary 2, 1993January 2, 2001New Progressive1992Democratic1996 890pxSila María CalderónJanuary 2, 2001January 2, 2005Popular Democratic2000 Democratic 990pxAníbal Acevedo ViláJanuary 2, 2005January 2, 2009Popular Democratic2004 Democratic 1090pxLuis Fortuño BursetJanuary 2, 2009January 2, 2013New Progressive2008 Republican 1190pxAlejandro García PadillaJanuary 2, 2013January 2, 2017Popular Democratic2012 Democratic 1290pxRicardo Rosselló NevaresJanuary 2, 2017August 2, 2019New Progressive2016 Democratic – 90pxPedro PierluisiAugust 2, 2019August 7, 2019New Progressive None Democratic 1390pxWanda Vázquez GarcedAugust 7, 2019January 2, 2021New Progressive None Republican 14 90pxPedro PierluisiJanuary 2, 2021January 2, 2025New Progressive2020 Democratic 15 90pxJenniffer González-ColónJanuary 2, 2025IncumbentNew Progressive2024 Republican

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