28th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
# 28th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico

The 28th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico was the lower house of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico and met from January 14, 2009, to January 8, 2013. All members were elected in the General Elections of 2008. The House had a majority of members from the New Progressive Party (PNP).

The body was counterparted by the 24th Senate of Puerto Rico in the upper house.

## Composition

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Affiliation | PNP | PPD | PIP | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous legislature | 32 | 18 | 1 | 51 | 0 |
| Begin | 37 | 16 | 0 | 54 | 1 |
| Latest voting share | 72.5% | 27.5% | | | |

## Leadership

| Position | Name | Party | District |
| - | - | - | - |
| Speaker of the House | Jenniffer González Colón | PNP | At-Large |
| Speaker Pro Tempore | Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló | PNP | District 13 |
| Majority Leader | Carlos J. Méndez Núñez | PNP | District 36 |
| Majority Whip | Angel Pérez Otero | PNP | District 6 |
| Minority Leader | Luis Raúl Torres Cruz | PPD | District 2 |
| Minority Whip | Vacant | PPD | |

## Membership

| District | Name | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | José López Muñoz | PNP |
| 2 | Luis Raúl Torres Cruz | PPD |
| 3 | Albita Rivera Ramírez | PNP |
| 4 | Liza Fernández Rodríguez (2009-2012) Víctor Parés (2012-2013) | PNP |
| 5 | Jorge Navarro Suárez | PNP |
| 6 | Angel Perez Otero | PNP |
| 7 | Luis Pérez Ortíz | PNP |
| 8 | Antonio Silva Delgado | PNP |
| 9 | Angel Rodríguez Miranda | PNP |
| 10 | Bernardo Márquez García | PNP |
| 11 | María Vega Pagán | PNP |
| 12 | Héctor Torres Calderón | PNP |
| 13 | Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló | PNP |
| 14 | Paula Rodríguez Homs | PNP |
| 15 | Arnaldo Jiménez Valle | PNP |
| 16 | Iván Rodríguez (2009-2010) Eric Alfaro (2011-2013) | PNP |
| 17 | José Rivera Guerra | PNP |
| 18 | David Bonilla Cortés | PNP |
| 19 | Charlie Hernández | PPD |
| 20 | Norman Ramírez Rivera | PNP |
| 21 | Lydia Méndez Silva | PPD |
| 22 | Waldemar Quiles Rodríguez | PNP |
| 23 | Julissa Nolasco Ortíz | PNP |
| 24 | Luis León Rodríguez | PNP |
| 25 | Víctor Vassallo Anadón | PPD |
| 26 | José Jiménez Negrón | PNP |
| 27 | José Torres Ramírez | PPD |
| 28 | Rafael Rivera Ortega | PNP |
| 29 | Pedro Cintrón Rodríguez | PNP |
| 30 | Jorge Ramos Peña | PNP |
| 31 | Sylvia Rodríguez Aponte | PPD |
| 32 | José Varela Fernández | PPD |
| 33 | Angel Peña Ramírez | PNP |
| 34 | Cristóbal Colón Ruiz | PNP |
| 35 | Narden Jaime Espinosa | PPD |
| 36 | Carlos Méndez Nuñez | PNP |
| 37 | Angel Bulerín Ramos | PNP |
| 38 | Eric Correa Rivera | PNP |
| 39 | Roberto Rivera Ruiz | PPD |
| 40 | Elizabeth Casado Irizarry | PNP |
| At-Large | José Chico Vega | PNP |
| At-Large | Rolando Crespo (2009-2011) José E. Meléndez Ortíz (2011-2013) | PNP |
| At-Large | Jenniffer González Colón | PNP |
| At-Large | María de Lourdes Ramos Rivera | PNP |
| At-Large | Iris Miriam Ruíz (2009-2010) José Torres Zamora (2010-2013) | PNP |
| At-Large | Héctor Ferrer (2009-2012) Eduardo Ferrer (2012-2013) | PPD |
| At-Large | Jorge Colberg Toro* | PPD |
| At-Large | Luis Vega Ramos | PPD |
| At-Large | José F. Aponte Hernández | PNP |
| At-Large | Carmen Cruz Soto | PPD |
| At-Large | Luis Farinacci* (2009-2011) Pedro Rodríguez González (2011-2013) | PPD |
| At-Large | Rafael Hernández Montañez* | PPD |
| At-Large | Brenda López de Arrarás | PPD |
| At-Large | Jaime Perelló Borrás | PPD |

[*] Elected by Addition (Defeated in elections, but holds a seat because of Section 9 of Article III of the Constitution. See above.)

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