Party leaders of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
# Party leaders of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico

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

New Progressive Party    Popular Democratic Party :

| Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Majority Whip |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Ernesto Ramos Antonini | 1941 | 1943 | PPD | |
| Ernesto Ramos Antonini | 1945 | 1949 | PPD | |
| Hernán Padilla Ramírez | 1969 | 1973 | PNP | |
| José R. Morales | 1973 | 1977 | PPD | Olga Cruz de Nigaglioni |
| David Urbina Urbina | 1977 | 1978 | PNP | Celia V. Monrouzeau Martínez |
| José N. Granados Navedos | 1978 | 1982 | PNP | Celia V. Monrouzeau Martínez |
| José R. Jarabo Alvarez | 1982 | 1985 | PPD | |
| Presby Santiago García | 1985 | 1993 | PPD | Héctor López Galarza |
| Néstor Aponte Hernández | 1993 | 1997 | PNP | Ángel Cintrón García |
| Pedro Figueroa Costas | 1997 | 1999 | PNP | Edwin Mundo Ríos |
| Ángel Cintrón García | 1999 | 2001 | PNP | Iris M. Ruiz Class |
| Roberto Maldonado Vélez | 2001 | 2004 | PPD | Héctor Ferrer Ríos |
| Iris M. Ruiz Class | 2005 | 2009 | PNP | María L. Ramos Rivera |
| Rolando Crespo Arroyo | 2009 | 2011 | PNP | Ángel Pérez Otero |
| Carlos J. Méndez Núñez | 2011 | 2013 | PNP | Ángel Pérez Otero |
| Charlie Hernández | 2013 | 2017 | PPD | Carlos Bianchi Angleró |
| Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló | 2017 | present | PNP | Urayoán Hernández |

## Minority leaders

Liberal Party    New Progressive Party    Popular Democratic Party    Puerto Rican Independence Party :

| Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Whip |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Manuel Martínez Dávila | 1933 | 1934 | Liberal | |
| Ernesto Ramos Antonini | 1934 | 1937 | Liberal | |
| Ernesto Ramos Antonini | 1943 | 1945 | PPD | |
| Leopoldo Figueroa Carreras | 1950 | 1967 | Statehood Republican | Baldomero Roig Vélez |
| Baldomero Roig Vélez | 1967 | 1969 | Statehood Republican | |
| Luis E. Ramos Yordán | 1969 | 1973 | PPD | Olga Cruz de Nigaglioni |
| Angel Viera Martínez | 1973 | 1977 | PNP | Hernán Padilla Ramírez |
| Severo Colberg Ramírez | 1977 | 1981 | PPD | José R. Jarabo Alvarez |
| | 1981 | 1982 | PPD | |
| Angel Viera Martínez | 1982 | 1983 | PNP | José N. Granados Navedos |
| José N. Granados Navedos | 1983 | 1989 | PNP | Edison Misla Aldarondo |
| Edison Misla Aldarondo | 1989 | 1993 | PNP | Carlos J. López Nieves |
| Alfonso López Chaar | 1993 | 1994 | PPD | Rolando Ortiz Velázquez |
| José E. Arrarás Mir | 1994 | 1995 | PPD | Severo E. Colberg Toro |
| Severo E. Colberg Toro | 1995 | 1997 | PPD | Ferdinand Lugo González |
| Aníbal Acevedo Vilá | 1997 | 2001 | PPD | Roberto Cruz Rodríguez |
| Víctor García San Inocencio | 1997 | 2009 | PIP | N/A |
| Edison Misla Aldarondo | 2001 | 2002 | PNP | Iris M. Ruiz Class |
| Aníbal Vega Borges | 2002 | 2005 | PNP | Iris M. Ruiz Class |
| Héctor Ferrer Ríos | 2005 | 2012 | PPD | Luis R. Torres Cruz |
| Luis R. Torres Cruz | 2012 | 2013 | PPD | |
| Jenniffer González | 2013 | 2017 | PNP | Johnny Méndez |
| Tatito Hernández | 2017 | present | PPD | |
