Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

{{short description|Presiding officer of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico}}

{{missing information|the first Chief Justices which were established by the Foraker Act|date=August 2013}}

{{Infobox political post

| post = Chief Justice

| body = the
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

| image = Hon-Maite-Oronoz-Rodriguez.jpg

| incumbent = Maite Oronoz Rodríguez

| incumbentsince = {{start date|2016|02|22}}

| style = The Honorable
diplomatic
Madam President
when presiding over the court

| nominator = governor of Puerto Rico

| appointer = governor of Puerto Rico
with the advice and consent of the Senate

| termlength = until 70 years of age

| inaugural = José Severo Quiñones

| formation = Foraker Act
Article V of the Constitution of Puerto Rico

}}

The chief justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ({{langx|es|Jefe del Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico}}) is the presiding officer of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. The post of chief justice was created by Article V of the Constitution of Puerto Rico.{{cite constitution |url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Puerto_Rico#ARTICLE_V_THE_JUDICIARY |article=V |section=1 |country=Puerto Rico |date=July 25, 1952 |accessdate=August 11, 2013 }} The constitution also established in several articles that the chief justice must:

direct the administration of the courts,{{cite constitution |url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Puerto_Rico#ARTICLE_V_THE_JUDICIARY |article=V |section=3 |country=Puerto Rico |date=July 25, 1952 |accessdate=August 11, 2013 }}
appoint an administrative director,{{cite constitution |url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Puerto_Rico#ARTICLE_V_THE_JUDICIARY |article=V |section=7 |country=Puerto Rico |date=July 25, 1952 |accessdate=August 11, 2013 }}
chairman the board which revises Puerto Rico's senatorial and representative districts, and{{cite constitution |url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Puerto_Rico#ARTICLE_III_THE_LEGISLATURE |article=III |section=4 |country=Puerto Rico |date=July 25, 1952 |accessdate=August 11, 2013 }}
preside at the impeachment trial of the Governor of Puerto Rico.{{cite constitution |url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Puerto_Rico#ARTICLE_III_THE_LEGISLATURE |article=III |section=21 |country=Puerto Rico |date=July 25, 1952 |accessdate=August 11, 2013 }}

The Chief Justice is also typically the judge that swears in the governor upon his inaugural term.

Chief Justices

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! scope=col style="text-align: left" | Portrait

! scope=col style="text-align: left" | Name

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! scope=col style="text-align: left" | Left office

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| José Severo Quiñones{{cite web |url=http://www.ramajudicial.pr/sistema/supremo/presidentes/index.htm |title=Biografías Jueces Presidentes |language=Spanish |access-date=August 11, 2013 |publisher=Supreme Court of Puerto Rico }}

| 1900

| 1909

| William McKinley

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| José Hernández Santiago

| 1909

| 1922

| William H. Taft

! scope=row | 3

| Emilio del Toro Cuebas

| 1922

| 1943