The government of Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia was formed in the weeks following the 2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election 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., the Secretary of Governance. The Cabinet is composed of all members of the Constitutional Council of Secretaries (), 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.
Office Name Party TermGovernor Governor of Puerto Rico Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia PNP 2 January 2021 – 2 January 2025Office of the Governor Secretariat of Governance Noelia García Bardales PNP 2 January 2021 – 2 January 2025 President of the Puerto Rico Planning Board Manuel A.G. Hidalgo Rivera PNP 2 January 2021 – 21 December 2021 Julio Lassús Ruiz PNP 22 December 2021 – 2 January 2025 Director of the Office of Management and Budget Juan Carlos Blanco Urrutia PNP 2 January 2021 – 2 January 2025Executive Director for Federal Affairs Jennifer Storipan PNP 1 August 2019 – 15 January 2021 Carmen M. Feliciano PNP 16 January 2021 – 28 February 2023 Luis D. Dávila Pernas PNP 7 March 2023 - 2 January 2025Council of Secretaries Secretary of State Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez PNP 2 January 2021 – 25 May 2021 Omar Marrero Díaz PNP 12 July 2021 – 2 January 2025 Secretary of Justice Domingo Emanuelli Hernández PNP 2 January 2021 – 2 January 2025 Secretary of the Treasury Francisco Parés Alicea Ind. 24 June 2019 – 2 January 2025 Secretary of Education Elba Aponte Santos Ind. 2 January 2021 – 17 April 2021 Magaly Rivera Rivera PNP 22 April 2021 – 21 May 2021 Eliezer Ramos Parés PNP 21 May 2021 – 30 June 2023 Ángel Toledo López PNP 1 July 2023 – 7 July 2023 Yanira Raíces Vega PNP 10 July 2023 – 2 January 2025 Secretary of Labor and Human Resources Carlos Rivera Santiago PNP 9 June 2020 – 31 December 2021 Gabriel Maldonado González PNP 9 January 2022 – 2 January 2025 Secretary of Transportation and Public Works Eileen Vélez Vega PNP 2 January 2021 – 2 January 2025 Secretary of Economic Development and Commerce Manuel Cidre Miranda Ind. 2 January 2021 – 2 January 2025 Secretary of Health Carlos Mellado López PNP 2 January 2021 – 2 January 2025 Secretary of Agriculture Ramón "Pirul" González Beiró PNP 2 January 2021 – 2 January 2025 Secretary of Consumer Affairs Edan Rivera Rodríguez PNP 2 January 2021 – 2 January 2025 Secretary of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ana Escobar Pabón PNP 2 January 2021 – P2 January 2025esent Secretary of Family Affairs Carmen Ana González Magaz PNP 2 January 2021 – 2 January 2025 Secretary of Housing William Rodríguez Rodríguez PNP 2 January 2021 – 2 January 2025 Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources Rafael Machargo Maldonado PNP 7 February 2020 – 31 March 2022 Anaís Rodríguez Vega(acting) PNP 1 April 2022 – 2 January 2025 Secretary of Public Safety Alexis Torres Ríos PNP 2 January 2021 – 2 January 2025 Secretary of Sports and Recreation Ray Quiñones Vázquez PNP 2 January 2021 – 2 January 2025Other Cabinet-level officers Inspector General Ivelisse Torres Rivera PNP 16 January 2019 – 2 January 2025 Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority Omar J. Marrero Díaz PNP 31 July 2019 – 2 January 2025
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