| Quique Meléndez | |
| Office: | Majority Leader of the Puerto Rico Senate |
| Term Start: | January 1997 |
| Term End: | January 1, 2001 |
| Predecessor: | Charlie Rodríguez |
| Successor: | José Luis Dalmau |
| State Senate1: | Puerto Rico |
| District1: | Guayama |
| Term Start1: | January 2, 1993 |
| Term End1: | January 1, 2001 |
| Birth Name: | José Enrique Meléndez Ortiz |
| Birth Place: | Coamo, Puerto Rico |
| Party: | New Progressive |
| Spouse: | Elba Ortiz Santiago |
| Children: | 1 |
José Enrique "Quique" Meléndez Ortiz is a Puerto Rican politician from the New Progressive Party (PNP). He served as member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001.
Meléndez was elected to the Senate of Puerto Rico in the 1992 general election. He represented the District of Guayama.[1] Meléndez was reelected at the 1996 general election.[2]
Meléndez ran for a third term at the 2000 general elections, but was defeated by the candidates of the PPD.[3]
Meléndez is married to Elba M. Ortiz Santiago. He has at least one son, José E. Meléndez Ortiz, Jr., who is serving as a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives since 2011. In April 2023, José Quique Meléndez speaks out against the independence of Puerto Rico in a forum.https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/3969872-puerto-ricos-political-status-an-issue-of-national-security/amp/.