List of governors of Puerto Rico

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The following list are the people who became the Governor of Puerto Rico.

List of Governors of Puerto Rico change

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Governors under Spanish Crown change

Portrait Governor
(Birth–Death)
Took office Left office Ref(s)
1   Captain General Don

Juan Ponce de León (1st time)
1474 – July 1521
(aged c. 47)

1508 1509 [1][2]
2 Juan Cerón 1509 1510 [3]
3   Captain General Don

Juan Ponce de León (2nd time)

1510 1511 [1]
4 Juan Cerón 1511 1512 [2][3]
5 Rodrigo Moscoso 1512 1513 [4]
6 Captain General

Cristóbal de Mendoza

1513 1515 [5][2]
7   Captain General Don

Juan Ponce de León (3rd time)

1515 1519 [4]
8 Sánchez Velázquez 1514 1519 [2][5]
9 Antonio de la Gama 1519 1521 [2][5]
10 Pedro Moreno 1521 1523 [2][5]
11 Bishop

Alonso Manso

1523 1524 [5]
12 Pedro Moreno 1524 1528 [2][5]
13 Antonio de la Gama 1528 1530 [2][5]
14 Lieutenant General

Francisco Manuel de Landó

1530 1536 [2][5]
15 Vasco de Tiedra 1536 1537 [2][5]
16 Vasco de Tiedra 1537 1544 [5]
17 Jerónimo Lebrón de Quiñones 1544 1544 [2][5]
18 Lcdo.

Iñigo López Cervantes y Loayza

1544 1546 [5]
19 Lcdo.

Diego de Caraza

1546 1548 [5]
20 Diego de Caraza 1548 1550 [5]
21 Luis de Vallejo 1550 1555 [2][5]
22 Lcdo.

Alonso Esteves

1555 1555 [5]
23 Lcdo.

Diego de Caraza

1555 1561 [5]
24 Antonio de la Llama Vallejo 1561 1564 [5]
25

Francisco Bahamonde De Lugo

1564 1568 [5]
26 Francisco de Solís Osorio 1568 1574 [5]
27 Francisco de Obando y Mexia 1575 1579 [5]
28   Juan Ponce de León II 1579 1579 [6]
29 Jerónimo de Agüero Campuzano 1580 1580 [5]
30 Captain General

Juan de Céspedes

1580 1581 [2][5]
31 Captain General

Juan López Melgarejo

1581 1582 [5][7]
32 Captain General

Diego Menéndez de Valdés

1582 1593 [2][5][8]
33 Colonel

Pedro Suárez de Coronel (1st time)

1593 1597 [2][5]
34 Captain General

Antonio de Mosquera

1597 1598 [5]
35 Colonel

Pedro Suárez de Coronel (2nd time)

1597-8 1599 [5]
36 Captain General

Alonso de Mercado

1599 1602 [2][5]
37 Captain General

Sancho Ochoa de Castro

1602 1608 [2][5]
38 Gabriel de Rojas Párano 1608 1614 [5]
39 Captain General Felipe de Beaumont y Navarra[2] 1614 1620 [5]
40 Juan de Vargas 1620 1625 [2][5]
41 Captain General Juan de Haro y Sanvítores 1625 1630 [2][5]
42 Captain General Enrique Enriquez de Sotomayor 1631 1635 [5]
43 Captain General Iñigo de la Mota Sarmiento 1635 1641 [2][5]
44 Captain General Agustín de Silva y Figueroa 1641 1641 [5]
45 Captain General Juan de Bolaños 1642 1643 [5]
46 Fernando de la Riva Agüero y Setien 1643 1648 [2][5]
47 Diego de Aguilera y Gamboa 1649 1655 [5]
48 José Novoa y Moscoso Pérez y Buitron 1655 1660 [5]
49 Captain General Juan Pérez de Guzmán y Chagoyen 1660 1664 [2][5]
50 Jerónimo de Velasco 1664 1670 [2][5]
51 Gaspar de Arteaga y Aunoavidao 1670 1674 [9][2]
52 Diego Roblandillo 1674 1674 [2][9]
53 Captain General Baltazar Figueroa y Castilla 1674 1674 [2][9]
54 Alonso de Campos y Espinosa 1675 1678 [2][9]
55 Juan de Robles Lorenzana 1678 1683 [2][9]
56 Captain General Gaspar Martínez de Andino 1683 1685 [2][9]
57 Juan Francisco Medina 1685 1690 [9]
58 Gaspar de Arredondo y Valle 1690 1695 [2][9]
59 Juan Francisco Medina 1695 1697 [9]
60 Tomás Franco 1697 1698 [2][9]
61 Antonio de Robles Silva 1698 1699 [2][9]
62 Gabriel Suárez de Ribera 1700 1703 [9]
63 Diego Jiménez de Villarán 1703 1703 [2][9]
64 Francisco Sánchez Calderón 1703 1703 [2][9]
65 Pedro Arroyo y Guerrero 1704 1705 [2][9]
66 Juan Francisco López de Morla 1706 1706 [2][9]
67 Francisco Danío Granados 1706 1708 [2][9]
68 Colonel Juan de Ribera 1709 1715 [2][9]
69 José Francisco Carreño 1716 1716 [2][9]
70 Alfonso Bortodano 1716 1720 [9]
71 Francisco Danio Granados 1720 1724 [2][9]
72 Captain General José Antonio de Mendizabal y Azcue 1724 1730 [2][9]
73 Lieutenant Colonel Matías de Abadía 1731 1743 [2][9]
74 Domingo Pérez de Mandares 1743 1744 [9]
75 Colonel Juan José Colomo 1744 1750 [2][9]
76 Colonel Agustín de Parejas 1750 1751 [2][9]
77 Lieutenant Colonel Esteban Bravo de Rivero 1751 1753 [2][9]
78 Captain General Felipe Ramírez de Estenos 1753 1757 [2][9]
79 Esteban Bravo de Rivero 1757 1759 [9]
80 Mateo de Guaso Calderón 1759 1760 [2][9]
81 Esteban Bravo de Rivero 1760 1761 [9]
82   Lieutenant Colonel Ambrosio de Benavides 1761 1766 [9]
83 Colonel Marcos de Vergara 1766 1766 [2][9]
84 Lieutenant Colonel José Trentor 1766 1770 [2][9]
85 Colonel Miguel de Muesas 1769 1776 [9][10][2]
86   Colonel José Dufresne 1776 1783 [2][9]
87   Field Marshal Don Juan Andrés Daban y Busterino 1783 1789 [2][9]
88 Coronel Francisco Torralbo y Robles 1789 1789 [9]
89   Brigadier General Miguel Antonio de Ustariz 1789 1792 [2][4]
90 Coronel Francisco Torralbo y Robles 1792 1794 [2][9]
91 Brigadier General Enrique Grimarest 1794 1795 [4]
92   Field Marshal Don Ramón de Castro y Gutiérrez 1795 1804 [2][9]
93 Toribio Montes 1804 1809 [9]
94 Salvador Meléndez Bruna 1809 1820 [9][11][2]
95 Brigadier General Juan Vasco y Pascual March 24, 1820 August 7, 1820 [2][9]
96 Brigadier General Gonzalo Arostegui y Herrera August 7, 1820 February 12, 1822 [2][9]
97 Coronel José de Navarro February 12, 1822 May 30, 1822 [2][9]
98 Francisco González de Linares May 30, 1822 December 4, 1823 [9]
99   Lieutenant General Miguel Luciano de La Torre y Pando December 4, 1823 1837 [2][9]
100 Francisco Javier de Moreda y Prieto 1837 1838 [9]
101   Field Marshal Miguel López de Baños 1838 1841 [2][9]
102   Lieutenant General Santiago Méndez de Vigo 1841 1844 [2][9]
103 Lieutenant General Rafael de Aristegui y Vélez 1844 1847 [9]
104   Field Marshal Don Juan Prim de Prats y Gonzalez 1847 1848 [12]
105   Lieutenant General Juan de la Pezuela y Cevallos 1848 1851 [4][13]
106 Enrique de España y Taberner 1851 1852 [4]
107   Lieutenant General Fernándo Norzagaray y Escudero 1852 1855 [4]
108   Lieutenant General Andrés García Camba 1855 1855 [4]
109   Lieutenant General José Lemery Ibrarrola Ney y Gonzalez 1855 1857 [4]
110   Lieutenant General Fernando Cotoner y Chacon 1857 1860 [4]
111 Sabino Gamir Maladen 1860 1860 [4]
112   Lieutenant General Rafael Echague y Bermingham 1860 1862 [4]
113 Brigadier General Rafael Izquierdo y Gutierrez 1862 1863 [4]
114   Lieutenant General Félix María de Messina Iglesias April 1862 November 1865 [4]
115   Lieutenant General José María Marchessi y Oleaga 1865 1867 [4]
116 General Julián Juan Pavia Lacy 1867 1868 [4]
117 General José Laureano Sanz y Posse 1868 1870 [4][14]
118 Lieutenant General Gabriel Baldrich 1870 1871 [4]
119 General Ramón Gómez Pulido 1871 1872 [4]
120 General Simón de la Torre Ormaza 1872 1872 [4]
121 Brigadier General Joaquín Eurile Hernan 1872 1873 [4]
122 Lieutenant General Juan Martínez Plowes 1873 1873 [4]
123 General Rafael Primo de Rivera y Sobremonte 1873 1874 [4]
124 General José Laureano Sanz y Posse 1875 1875 [4][14]
125 General Segundo de la Portilla Gutierrez 1875 1877 [4]
126 General Manuel de la Serna Hernandez y Pinzón 1877 1878 [4]
127 General José Gamir Maladen 1878 1878 [4]
128   General Eulogio Despujols y Dussay 1878 1881 [4]
129 General Segundo de la Portilla Gutierrez 1881 1883 [4]
130   General Miguel de la Vega Inclán y Palma 1883 1884 [4]
131 General Don Carlos Suances Campos 1884 1884 [4]
132 General Ramón Fajardo Izquierdo 1884 1884 [4]
133   General Luis Daban y Ramírez de Arellanó 1884 1887 [4]
134   General Romualdo Palacios Gonzalez 1887 1887 [4]
135 General Juan Contreras Martinez 1887 1888 [4]
136 General Pedro Ruiz Dana 1888 1890 [4]
137 Brigadier General José Pascual Bonanza 1890 1890 [4]
138 General José Lasso y Pérez 1890 1893 [4]
139   General Antonio Daban y Ramírez de Arrellanó 1893 1895 [4]
140 General José Gamir 1895 1896 [4]
141 General Emilio March 1896 1896 [4]
142 General Sabas Marín González 1896 1898 [15]
143   General Ricardo de Ortega y Diez 1898 1898 [16]
144 General Andrés González Muñoz 1898 1898 [17][18]
145   General Ricardo de Ortega y Diez 1898 1898 [16]
146   General Manuel Macías Casado 1898 1898 [19]
147   General Ricardo de Ortega y Diez 1898 1898 [16]

Governors under U.S. colonial administration change

Military government change

Image Name Took office Left office Reference
1   Commanding General Nelson A. Miles 1898 1898
2   Major General John R. Brooke 1898 1898 [20]
3   Major General Guy Vernor Henry 1898 1899 [21]
4   Major General George Whitefield Davis 1899 1900 [4]

Post-Foraker Act of 1900 change

Image Name Took office Left office Notes Reference
1   Charles Herbert Allen May 1, 1900 September 15, 1901 First U.S. civil governor appointed by President William McKinley [22]
2   William Henry Hunt September 15, 1901 July 4, 1904 [23]
3   Beekman Winthrop July 4, 1904 April 17, 1907 [5]
4   Regis Henri Post 1907 1909 [5]
5   George Radcliffe Colton 1909 1913 [5]
6   Arthur Yager 1913 1921 [24]
7 José E. Benedicto 1921 1921 Interim governor [5]
8   Emmet Montgomery Reily July 30, 1921 March 1923 [25]
9 Juan Bernardo Huyke March 1923 April 1, 1923 Interim governor [5]
10   Horace Mann Towner April 1, 1923 September 29, 1929 [26]
11 James R. Beverley 1929 September 9, 1929 [5]
12   Theodore Roosevelt Jr. September 9, 1929 January 1932 [27]
13 James R. Beverley 2nd Term January 1932 July 3, 1933 [5]
14 Robert Hayes Gore July 3, 1933 January 11, 1934 [28]
15 Benjamin Jason Horton January 11, 1934 February 5, 1934 [5]
16   Blanton C. Winship February 5, 1934 June 25, 1939 Summarily removed by President Roosevelt on May 12, 1939.[29][30] [31]
17 José E. Colón June 25, 1939 September 11, 1939 Interim governor [4]
18   William D. Leahy September 11, 1939 November 28, 1940 [32]
19 José Miguel Gallardo November 28, 1940 February 1941 Interim governor [4]
20 Guy J. Swope February 1941 July 24, 1941 [33]
21 José Miguel Gallardo July 24, 1941 September 19, 1941 Interim governor [4]
22   Rexford Tugwell September 19, 1941 September 2, 1946 [34]
23   Jesús T. Piñero September 2, 1946 January 2, 1949 Only native Puerto Rican governor appointed under US colonial administration [35]

Governors under the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico change

  Democratic Party (8)
  Republican Party (3)
  Independent (1)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Took office Left office Party Election Affiliation
within U.S. politics
1   Luis Muñoz Marín
(1898–1980)[36]
January 2, 1949 January 2, 1965 Popular Democratic 1948 Independent[a]
1952
1956
1960
2   Roberto Sánchez Vilella
(1913–1997)[38]
January 2, 1965 January 2, 1969 Popular Democratic 1964 Democratic[b]
3   Luis A. Ferré
(1904–2003)[40]
January 2, 1969 January 2, 1973 New Progressive 1968 Republican[c]
4   Rafael Hernández Colón
(1936–2019)[42][43]
January 2, 1973 January 2, 1977 Popular Democratic 1972 Democratic[d]
5   Carlos Romero Barceló
(1932-2021)[45]
January 2, 1977 January 2, 1985 New Progressive 1976 Democratic[d]
1980
6   Rafael Hernández Colón
(1936–2019)[42][43]
January 2, 1985 January 2, 1993 Popular Democratic 1984 Democratic[d]
1988
7 Pedro Rosselló González
(b. 1944)[46]
January 2, 1993 January 2, 2001 New Progressive 1992 Democratic[47]
1996
8   Sila María Calderón
(b. 1942)[48]
January 2, 2001 January 2, 2005 Popular Democratic 2000 Democratic[e]
9   Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
(b. 1962)[50]
January 2, 2005 January 2, 2009 Popular Democratic 2004 Democratic[f]
10   Luis Fortuño Burset
(b. 1960)
January 2, 2009 January 2, 2013 New Progressive 2008 Republican[52]
11   Alejandro García Padilla
(b. 1971)
January 2, 2013 January 2, 2017 Popular Democratic 2012 Democratic[g]
12   Ricardo Rosselló Nevares
(b. 1979)
January 2, 2017 August 2, 2019 New Progressive 2016 Democratic[54]
  Pedro Pierluisi
(b. 1959)
De facto
August 2, 2019 August 7, 2019 New Progressive None[h] Democratic[54]
13   Wanda Vázquez Garced
(b. 1960)
August 7, 2019 January 2, 2021 New Progressive None[i] Republican[56]
14   Pedro Pierluisi
(b. 1959)
January 2, 2021 Incumbent New Progressive 2020 Democratic[54]

Notes change

  1. Trías Monge (1995) "Aunque se le percibía como Demócrata e influía decisivamente en las gestiones del Partido Demócrata de Puerto Rico, Muñoz Marín nunca se afilió formalmente a ese partido ni participó en actividad alguna de los partidos políticos estadounidenses."[37]
  2. Metro (2012) "Desde la presidencia de Lyndon B. Johnson ona el gobernación de Roberto Sánchez Vilella, no teníamos un presidente demócrata en Washington y un gobernador demócrata en San Juan."[39]
  3. Fernós (2003) "[...]su dirigente Don Luis A. Ferré, presidente del Partido Republicano en Puerto Rico."[41]
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Montalvo (2012) "Carlos Romero Barceló y Rafael Hernández Colón son de partidos contrarios en la Isla, pero demócratas en la política estadounidense."[44]
  5. Castilla y León. "[Calderón] pertenece al Partido Popular Democrático de Puerto Rico y al Partido Demócrata de Estados Unidos."[49]
  6. DARN (2011) "[Acevedo Vilá] was an active member of the National Governors Association, the Southern Governors Association and the Democratic Governors Association."[51]
  7. Varela (2013) "[...] Governor Alejandro Padilla, a Democrat [...]"[53]
  8. As Secretary of State, succeeded to the office following the resignation of Ricardo Rosselló. Shortly thereafter, the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ruled that his assumption of the office was unconstitutional because his nomination as Secretary of State was never confirmed by the Legislature.[55]
  9. As Justice Secretary, succeeded to the office following the resignation of Ricardo Rosselló and the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico's ruling that Pedro Pierluisi's succession was invalid because he had not been constitutionally appointed as Secretary of State.[55]

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