Party leaders of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico explained

The majority and minority leaders of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico are two Puerto Rican Representatives who are elected by the party conferences that hold the majority and the minority respectively. These leaders serve as the chief House spokespeople for their parties and manage and schedule the legislative and executive business of the House. By rule, the Presiding Officer gives the Majority Leader priority in obtaining recognition to speak on the floor of the House.

Majority leaders

! Portrait! Name! Took office! Left office! Party! Majority Whip
Ernesto Ramos Antonini19411943PPD
Ernesto Ramos Antonini19451949PPD
Hernán Padilla Ramírez19691973PNP
José R. Morales19731977PPDOlga Cruz de Nigaglioni
David Urbina Urbina19771978PNPCelia V. Monrouzeau Martínez
José N. Granados Navedos19781982PNPCelia V. Monrouzeau Martínez
José R. Jarabo Alvarez19821985PPD
Presby Santiago García19851993PPDHéctor López Galarza
Néstor Aponte Hernández19931997PNPÁngel Cintrón García
Pedro Figueroa Costas19971999PNPEdwin Mundo Ríos
Ángel Cintrón García19992001PNPIris M. Ruiz Class
Roberto Maldonado Vélez20012004PPDHéctor Ferrer Ríos
Iris M. Ruiz Class20052009PNPMaría L. Ramos Rivera
Rolando Crespo Arroyo20092011PNPÁngel Pérez Otero
Carlos J. Méndez Núñez20112013PNPÁngel Pérez Otero
Charlie Hernández20132017PPDCarlos Bianchi Angleró
Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló2017presentPNPUrayoán Hernández

Minority leaders

! Portrait! Name! Took office! Left office! Party! Whip
Manuel Martínez Dávila19331934Liberal
Ernesto Ramos Antonini19341937Liberal
Ernesto Ramos Antonini19431945PPD
Leopoldo Figueroa Carreras19501967Statehood RepublicanBaldomero Roig Vélez
Baldomero Roig Vélez19671969Statehood Republican
Luis E. Ramos Yordán19691973PPDOlga Cruz de Nigaglioni
Angel Viera Martínez19731977PNPHernán Padilla Ramírez
Severo Colberg Ramírez19771981PPD
19811982PPD
Angel Viera Martínez19821983PNPJosé N. Granados Navedos
José N. Granados Navedos19831989PNPEdison Misla Aldarondo
Edison Misla Aldarondo19891993PNPCarlos J. López Nieves
Alfonso López Chaar19931994PPDRolando Ortiz Velázquez
José E. Arrarás Mir19941995PPDSevero E. Colberg Toro
Severo E. Colberg Toro19951997PPDFerdinand Lugo González
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá19972001PPDRoberto Cruz Rodríguez
Víctor García San Inocencio19972009PIPN/A
Edison Misla Aldarondo20012002PNPIris M. Ruiz Class
Aníbal Vega Borges20022005PNPIris M. Ruiz Class
Héctor Ferrer Ríos20052012PPDLuis R. Torres Cruz
Luis R. Torres Cruz20122013PPD
Jenniffer González20132017PNPJohnny Méndez
Tatito Hernández2017presentPPD

Assistant party leaders

Majority Whips

Minority Whips