Government of Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia

Government of Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia
20th Constitutional Government of Puerto Rico
2021-present
Pierluisi Urrutia's official portrait (left) and government logo used during his term (right).
Date formed	2 January 2021
Date dissolved	Currently in office
People and organisations
President of the United States of America	Donald J. Trump Joseph Robinette Biden
Governor	Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia
Secretary of State	Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez (2021-2021) Omar Marrero Díaz (2021-present)
Total no. of members	16 Secretaries[a] 21 Cabinet Members [a]
Member parties	PNP   Ind.
Status in legislature	Minority party in both chambers Senate 10 / 27 (37%) House of Representatives 21 / 51 (41%)
Opposition parties	PPD (largest)   MVC   PIP   PD   Ind.
Opposition leaders	José Luis Dalmau 2021-2023 (PPD), Jesus Manuel Ortiz since 2023 (PPD), Juan Dalmau (PIP), Manuel Natal Albelo (MVC)
History
Elections	2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election 2020 Puerto Rico Senate election 2020 Puerto Rico House of Representatives election
Legislature term	19th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
Budgets	2021 Puerto Rico Budget 2022 Puerto Rico Budget
Advice and consent	Senate of Puerto Rico House of Representatives of Puerto Rico [b]
Incoming formation	2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election
Predecessor	Government of Wanda Vázquez Garced

The government of Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia was formed in the weeks following the 2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election[1] as he released a list of nominees for most of the positions before his swearing in on 2 January 2021. His New Progressive Party (PNP) not having a majority in either chamber of the 19th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico meant that he would have to further negotiate the approval of his nominees with the opposition parties that hold control of the legislature.

Party breakdown

Party breakdown of cabinet members (until April 2021), not including the governor:

New Progressive Party	18
Independents	3

The cabinet was composed of members of the PNP and at a point, three independent or technical positions (or people whose membership in a party was not clearly ascertained from any available media). After April 2021 it was composed as follows.

New Progressive Party	19
Independents	2

Members of the Cabinet

The Puerto Rican Cabinet is led by the Governor, along with, starting in 1986.,[2][3] the Secretary of Governance. The Cabinet is composed of all members of the Constitutional Council of Secretaries (Article IV of the Constitution of 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.[4][5]

Office	Name	Party		Term
Governor
Governor of Puerto Rico Gobernación de Puerto Rico	Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia[6]		PNP	2 January 2021 – Present
Office of the Governor
Secretariat of Governance Secretaría de la Gobernación	Noelia García Bardales[7]		PNP	2 January 2021 – Present
President of the Puerto Rico Planning Board Presidencia de la Junta de Planificación	Manuel A.G. Hidalgo Rivera [8][9]		PNP	2 January 2021 – 21 December 2021
	Julio Lassús Ruiz[8][9]		PNP	22 December 2021 – Present
Director of the Office of Management and Budget Directoría de Gerencia y Presupuesto	Juan Carlos Blanco Urrutia [10]		PNP	2 January 2021 – Present
Executive Director for Federal Affairs Directoría Ejecutiva de PRFAA	Jennifer Storipan [11]		PNP	1 August 2019 – 15 January 2021
	Carmen M. Feliciano [12][13]		PNP	16 January 2021 – 28 February 2023
	Luis D. Dávila Pernas[14]		PNP	7 March 2023 - Present
Council of Secretaries
Secretary of State Secretaría de Estado	Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez[6]		PNP	2 January 2021 – 25 May 2021
	Omar Marrero Díaz[15]		PNP	12 July 2021 – Present
Secretary of Justice Secretaría de Justicia	Domingo Emanuelli Hernández[16]		PNP	2 January 2021 – Present
Secretary of the Treasury Secretaría de Hacienda	Francisco Parés Alicea[17][16]		Ind.	24 June 2019 – Present
Secretary of Education Secretaría de Educación	Elba Aponte Santos[16]		Ind.[c]	2 January 2021 – 17 April 2021[18]
	Magaly Rivera Rivera[19]		PNP	22 April 2021 – 21 May 2021[20]
	Eliezer Ramos Parés[21]		PNP	21 May 2021 – 30 June 2023[22]
	Ángel Toledo López[23]		PNP	1 July 2023 – 7 July 2023[24]
	Yanira Raíces Vega[25]		PNP	10 July 2023 – Present
Secretary of Labor and Human Resources Secretaría del Trabajo y Recursos Humanos	Carlos Rivera Santiago[26][27]		PNP	9 June 2020 – 31 December 2021[28]
	Gabriel Maldonado González[29]		PNP	9 January 2022 – Present
Secretary of Transportation and Public Works Secretaría de Transportación y Obras Públicas	Eileen Vélez Vega[30]		PNP	2 January 2021 – Present
Secretary of Economic Development and Commerce Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico y Comercio	Manuel Cidre Miranda[16]		Ind.	2 January 2021 – Present
Secretary of Health Secretaría de Salud	Carlos Mellado López[27]		PNP	2 January 2021 – Present
Secretary of Agriculture Secretaría de Agricultura	Ramón "Pirul" González Beiró[27]		PNP	2 January 2021 – Present
Secretary of Consumer Affairs Secretaría de Asuntos del Consumidor	Edan Rivera Rodríguez[31]		PNP	2 January 2021 – Present
Secretary of Corrections and Rehabilitation Secretaría de Corrección y Rehabilitación	Ana Escobar Pabón[32]		PNP	2 January 2021 – Present
Secretary of Family Affairs Secretaría de la Familia	Carmen Ana González Magaz[27]		PNP	2 January 2021 – Present
Secretary of Housing Secretaría de Vivienda	William Rodríguez Rodríguez[27]		PNP	2 January 2021 – Present
Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources Secretaría de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales	Rafael Machargo Maldonado[33][34]		PNP	7 February 2020 – 31 March 2022[35]
	Anaís Rodríguez Vega[36][37] (acting)		PNP	1 April 2022 – Present
Secretary of Public Safety Secretaría de Seguridad Pública	Alexis Torres Ríos[38]		PNP	2 January 2021 – Present
Secretary of Sports and Recreation Secretaría de Deportes y Recreación	Ray Quiñones Vázquez[31]		PNP	2 January 2021 – Present
Other Cabinet-level officers
Inspector General Inspectoría General	Ivelisse Torres Rivera[39]		PNP	16 January 2019 – Present
Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority Directoría Ejecutiva de la Autoridad de Asesoría Financiera y Agencia Fiscal de Puerto Rico	Omar J. Marrero Díaz[40]		PNP	31 July 2019 – Present

Notes

1. Does not include the Governor or the Secretariat of Governance.
2. The House provides advice and consent for the Secretary of State, as he is first in line in the Puerto Rico governor' order of succession as established inArticle IV, Section 5 of the Constitution of Puerto Rico (1952)
3. Elba Aponte Santos was the president of the Teacher's Association before her nomination to the position, and before her being in office no clear ties indicating her membership in the PNP were observed.

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40. Rico, por Ed Microjuris com Puerto (31 July 2019). "Gobernador nombra a Omar J. Marrero como director ejecutivo de la AAFAF, entre otros nombramientos". Microjuris al Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 May 2022.

Preceded by Vázquez Garced (2019-2021)

Government of Puerto Rico 2021–present

Incumbent