| Cabinet Name: | Government of Ricardo Rosselló Nevares |
| Cabinet Number: | 17th |
| Cabinet Type: | Constitutional Government |
| Jurisdiction: | Puerto Rico |
| Flag: | Flag of Puerto Rico.svg |
| Flag Border: | true |
| Incumbent: | 2013-2017 |
| Date Formed: | 2 January 2013 |
| Date Dissolved: | 2 January 2017 |
| Government Head: | Alejandro García Padilla |
| Government Head Title: | Governor |
| Deputy Government Head: | David Bernier Rivera |
| Deputy Government Head Title: | Secretary of State |
| State Head: | Barack H. Obama |
| State Head Title: | President of the United States of America |
| Total Number: | 15 Secretaries 20 Cabinet Members |
| Political Party: | PPD PIP Ind. |
| Legislature Status: | Majority party in both chambers Senate House of Representatives |
| Opposition Party: | PNP (largest) PIP |
| Opposition Leader: | Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia (2013-2016) Ricky Rosselló Nevares (2016-2017) |
| Election: | 2012 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election 2012 Puerto Rico Senate election 2012 Puerto Rico House of Representatives election |
| Last Election: | 2016 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election |
| Legislature Term: | 17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico |
| Budget: | 2013 Puerto Rico Budget 2014 Puerto Rico Budget 2015 Puerto Rico Budget 2016 Puerto Rico Budget |
| Advice And Consent1: | Senate of Puerto Rico |
| Incoming Formation: | 2012 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election |
| Outgoing Formation: | 2016 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election |
| Previous: | Government of Luis Fortuño Burset |
| Successor: | Government of Ricardo Rosselló Nevares |
The government of Alejandro García Padilla was formed in the weeks following the 2012 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election[1] [2] and was sworn in initially in January 2013,[3] 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 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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The Puerto Rican Cabinet is led by the Governor, along with, starting in 1986,[4] [5] the Secretary of Governance. The Cabinet is composed of all members of the Constitutional Council of Secretaries (IV. 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[6] [7] [8]
| Office | Name | Party | Term | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Governor | ||||||||
| Governor of Puerto Rico | PPD | 2 January 2013 – 2 January 2017 | ||||||
Office of the Governor | ||||||||
| Secretariat of Governance | Ingrid Vila Biaggi | Ind. | 2 January 2013 - 19 September 2014 | |||||
| Víctor Suárez Meléndez[9] | PPD | 19 September 2014 – 9 December 2015 | ||||||
| Grace Santana Balado[10] | PPD | 9 December 2015 – 1 January 2017 | ||||||
| Director of the Office of Management and Budget | PPD | 15 October 2014 – 2 January 2017 | ||||||
| Luis F. Cruz Batista[11] | PPD | 2 January 2013 – 2 January 2014 | ||||||
| President of the Puerto Rico Planning Board | Luis García Pelatti[12] | PPD | 2 January 2013 – 2 January 2017 | |||||
| President of the Environmental Quality Board | Laura Vélez Vélez[13] [14] | PPD | 2 January 2013 – 1 September 2015 | |||||
| Executive Director for Federal Affairs Administration | 2 January 2013 – 2 January 2017 | |||||||
Council of Secretaries | ||||||||
| Secretary of State | PPD | 2 January 2013- 30 October 2015 | ||||||
| PPD | 1 November 2015 - 2 January 2017 | |||||||
| Secretary of Justice | Luis Sánchez Betances[15] [16] | PPD | 2 January 2013 – 31 December 2013 | |||||
| César R. Miranda Rodríguez[17] | PPD | 13 January 2014 - 2 January 2017 | ||||||
| Secretary of the Treasury | Melba Acosta Febo[18] | 2 January 2013 – 26 October 2014 | ||||||
| PPD | 26 October 2014 - 2 January 2017 | |||||||
| Secretary of Education | Rafael Román Meléndez[19] | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 | ||||||
| Secretary of Labor and Human Resources | Vance E. Thomas Rider[20] [21] | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 | ||||||
| Secretary of Transportation and Public Works | Miguel Torres Díaz[22] | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 | ||||||
| Secretary of Economic Development and Commerce | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 | |||||||
| Secretary of Health | 2 January 2013 - 13 September 2013 | |||||||
| 16 September 2013 - 2 January 2017 | ||||||||
| Secretary of Agriculture | Myrna Comas Pagán[23] | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 | ||||||
| Secretary of Consumer Affairs | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 | |||||||
| Secretary of Corrections and Rehabilitation | José Negrón Fernández[24] | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 | ||||||
| Secretary of Family Affairs | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 | |||||||
| Secretary of Housing | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 | |||||||
| Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 | |||||||
| Secretary of Sports and Recreation | Ramón Orta Rodríguez[25] | 2 January 2013 - 2 January 2017 | ||||||
Other Cabinet-level officers | ||||||||
| Commissioner of Safety and Public Protection | Héctor Pesquera[26] | 9 April 2012 - 10 April 2017 | ||||||
| President of the Puerto Rico Government Development Bank | 2 January 2013 – 13 July 2014 | |||||||
| PPD | 27 October 2014 - 31 July 2016 | |||||||
| Alberto Bacó Bagué[27] | 31 July 2016 – 2 January 2017 | |||||||