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 100pxRoberto Sánchez Vilella19521964PPD DemocraticCarlos J. Lastra19651966PPD DemocraticGuillermo Irizarry19661969PPD DemocraticCarlos Fernando Chardón19691973PNP RepublicanVíctor Pons19731974PPD Democratic Juan A. Albors19751977PPD Democratic Reinaldo Paniagua Diez19771979PNP Democratic Pedro R. Vazquez19791981PNP Democratic 100pxCarlos S. Quirós19811985PNP Republican100pxHéctor Luis Acevedo19851988PPD Democratic Alfonso Lopez Chaar 19881988PPD Democratic100pxSila María Calderón19881990PPD Democratic100pxAntonio J. Colorado19901992PPD Democratic Salvador M. Padilla Escabi19921992PPD Democratic100px Baltasar Corrada del Rio19931995PNP Republican Norma Burgos19951999PNP Republican100pxAngel Morey19992001PNP Democratic Ferdinand MercadoJanuary 2, 2001October 8, 2004PPD Democratic Jose Izquierdo Encarnacion October 8, 2004 January 2, 2005PPD Democratic Marisara Pont Marchese January 2, 2005 March 1, 2005PPD Democratic100pxFernando J. BonillaMarch 2005 January 2, 2009PPD Democratic 100px Kenneth D. McClintock January 2, 2009 January 2, 2013PNP Democratic 100pxDavid Bernier January 2, 2013 October 30, 2015PPD Democratic Víctor Suárez Meléndez November 1, 2015 January 2, 2017 PPD Democratic 100px Luis G. Rivera Marín January 2, 2017 July 16, 2019 PNP Republican 100px Pedro Pierluisi July 31, 2019 August 2, 2019 PNP Democratic María Marcano de León August 4, 2019 December 19, 2019 PNP Democratic 100px Elmer Román December 20, 2019 August 23, 2020 PNP Republican  Raúl Márquez Hernández August 30, 2020 January 2, 2021 PNP Republican 100px Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez January 2, 2021 May 25, 2021 PNP Republican Félix Rivera Torres May 25, 2021 July 12, 2021 PNP Independent 100px Omar Marrero July 12, 2021 January 2, 2025 PNP Independent 100px Verónica Ferraiuoli January 2, 2025 June 30, 2025 PNP Democratic 100px Rosachely Rivera June 30, 2025 Present PNP Republican

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