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List of governors of Puerto Rico

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This list of governors of Puerto Rico includes all persons who have held that post, either under Spanish or American rule. The governor of Puerto Rico is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The position was first established by the Spanish Empire during the 16th century following the archipelago's colonization.

The first person to officially occupy the position was Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León in 1509.{{cite web |url=http://worldstatesmen.org/Puerto_Rico.html|title=Puerto Rico |website=World Statesmen.org|access-date=June 14, 2019}}

At the time, the Spanish monarchy was responsible for appointing the functionary who would perform this office. The first native Puerto Rican to perform the function was Juan Ponce de León II, as interim governor in 1579. During this administration, all of those appointed to take the position had served another function within the empire's government or the Roman Catholic Church. In 1898, the United States invaded Puerto Rico and the Spanish government ceded control of the island to the United States. During the first two years, the entire government in Puerto Rico was appointed by the president of the United States. In 1900, the American government approved the establishment of the Foraker Act as a federal law, this act established a civilian government in the island. In 1947, the federal Elective Governor Act was enacted, which created a new system where, since 1948, the governor is elected through a democratic process every four years. The governor is in charge of Puerto Rico's executive branch and is responsible for appointing executive branch agency heads, including the Secretary of State, who fulfills the role of lieutenant governor, the legislative branch's ombudsman and comptroller and all judges in the judicial branch.

Duties and succession

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In the governor's absence, or if the governor dies or is unable to perform the executive duties, the Secretary of State of Puerto Rico takes control of the executive position, as acting governor during a temporary absence or inability, and as governor in case of death, resignation or impeachment and conviction.{{cite web|url=http://www.gobierno.pr/GPRPortal/Inicio/RamaEjecutiva/|title=Rama Ejecutiva|publisher=Gobierno del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813000318/http://www.gobierno.pr/GPRPortal/Inicio/RamaEjecutiva/ |archive-date=2007-08-13|access-date=2007-09-23}} The elected governor must designate a number of secretaries and other agency heads that will control the individual administrative agencies during his time in office, the selected secretaries are in charge of the island's health, natural resources, economy, correctional and judicial agencies and the department of consumer concerns, among others. The Governor's four-year term begins on January 2, the day after the New Year's Day holiday.

On July 24, 2019, Ricardo Rosselló became the first governor to resign his office. This happened after more than a week of protests due to a chain of corruption arrests and a leaked Telegram chat which contained offensive remarks made by the governor.

List of governors of Puerto Rico

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16th – 17th – 18th – 19th – 20th – 21st
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| rowspan=1 nowrap="nowrap" id="16th century" |Captain General Don

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

|June 15, 1508

|October 28, 1509

|{{cite web| url=http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0839647.html| title=Ponce de León, Juan| publisher=Infoplease| access-date=2007-09-19}}{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/directoriocomerc00blan|title=Directorio comercial é industrial de la isla de Puerto-Rico para 1894. Formado con relaciones oficiales remitidas por los sres. alcaldes municipales de cada localidad|first=José|last=Blanch|date=December 23, 1894|publisher=Puerto-Rico, "La correspondencia"|via=Internet Archive|page=8|language=es}}

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|Juan Cerón

{{Small|Acting}}

|October 28, 1509

|March 2, 1510

|{{cite web| url=http://newdeal.feri.org/pr/pr06.htm| title=Puerto Rico in the Great Depression| publisher=New Deal Network| access-date=2007-09-18| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105065854/http://newdeal.feri.org/pr/pr06.htm| archive-date=2007-11-05}}

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|100px

|Captain General Don

Juan Ponce de León (2nd time)

|March 2, 1510

|November 28, 1511

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|Gonzalo Ovalle

{{Small|Acting; in absence of Juan Ponce de León}}

|June 21, 1511

|November 28, 1511

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|Juan Cerón

{{Small|Acting}}

|November 28, 1511

|June 2, 1512

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|Rodrigo Moscoso

|June 2, 1512

|February 1513

|{{cite web |url=http://www.elboricua.com/Governors.html |title=Governors of Puerto Rico - Under Spanish Rule |publisher=El Boricua |access-date=2007-09-19}}

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| Captain General

Cristóbal de Mendoza

|February 1513

|July 15, 1515

|{{cite web| url=http://worldstatesmen.org/Puerto_Rico.html| title=Puerto Rico - Chronology| publisher=World's Statesmen| access-date=2007-09-19}}

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|Captain General Don

Juan Ponce de León (3rd time)

|July 15, 1515

|September 12, 1519

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|Sánchez Velázquez

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|November 22, 1514

|May 17, 1521

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|Antonio de la Gama

|September 12, 1519

|January 15, 1521

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|Pedro Moreno

|January 15, 1521

|May 1523

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| Bishop

Alonso Manso

{{Small|Interim}}

|May 1523

|1524

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|Pedro Moreno

|1524

|December 1, 1528

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|Antonio de la Gama

|December 1, 1528

|December 1529

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| Lieutenant General

Francisco Manuel de Landó

|1530

|July 1536

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|Vasco de Tiedra

|August 1536

|September 28, 1537

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|Alcaldes ordinarios

|September 28, 1537

|December 9, 1544

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|Jerónimo Lebrón de Quiñones

|December 9, 1544

|January 17, 1545

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| Lcdo.

Iñigo López Cervantes y Loayza

|July 6, 1545

|July 6, 1546

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| Lcdo.

Diego de Caraza

|September 30, 1546

|1548

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|Alonso de Vargas

Francisco de Aguilar
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|1548

|March 24, 1550

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|Luis de Vallejo

|March 24, 1550

|January 29, 1555

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| Lcdo.

Alonso Esteves

{{Small|Acting}}

|January 29, 1555

|August 12, 1555

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|Lcdo.

Diego de Caraza

|August 12, 1555

|1561

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|Antonio de la Llama Vallejo

{{Small|Acting; in absence of Diego de Caraza}}

|1561

|December 4, 1564

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Francisco Bahamonde De Lugo

|August 21 1564

|October 6, 1569

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| Francisco de Solís Osorio

|October 6, 1569

|1574

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|Francisco de Obando y Mexia

|December 2, 1575

|April 1579

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|Juan Ponce de León II

{{Small|Acting}}

|April 1579

|April 1580

|[http://com.miami.edu/parks/sjcasablanca.htm Casa Blanca reveals centuries of San Juan history] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614091530/http://com.miami.edu/parks/sjcasablanca.htm |date=2009-06-14 }}

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|Jerónimo de Agüero Campuzano

{{Small|Interim}}

|April 1580

|July 15, 1580

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| Captain General

Juan de Céspedes

|July 15, 1580

|August 2, 1581

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| Captain General

Juan López Melgarejo

{{Small|Acting}}

|August 2, 1581

|April 18, 1582

|{{cite book | last=Soler | first=L.M.D. | title=Historia de la esclavitud negra en Puerto Rico | publisher=Universidad de Puerto Rico, Editorial Universitaria | year=1970 | isbn=978-0-8477-0095-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PcwmLZ1_4SUC&pg=PA69 | language=es | access-date=24 December 2019 | page=69}}

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| Captain General

Diego Menéndez de Valdés

|June 18, 1582

|May 11, 1593

|{{cite web | title=Diego Menéndez de Valdés | website=Real Academia de la Historia | url=http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/122739/diego-menendez-de-valdes | language=es | access-date=24 December 2019}}

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| Colonel

Pedro Suárez de Coronel (1st time)

|May 11, 1593

|December 18, 1597

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| Captain General

Antonio de Mosquera

|December 18, 1597

|August 13, 1598

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|Sir
George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland

|June 21, 1598

|August 13, 1598

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–

|

|Sir
John Berkeley

|August 13, 1598

|November 23, 1598

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| colspan="4" |End of the British Suzerainty

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| Colonel

Pedro Suárez de Coronel (2nd time)

|November 23, 1598

|March 22, 1599

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| rowspan=1 nowrap="nowrap" id="17th century" |Captain General

Alonso de Mercado

|March 22, 1599

|July 15, 1601

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| Captain General

Sancho Ochoa de Castro

|July 15, 1601

|July 22, 1608

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|Gabriel de Rojas Párano

|July 22, 1608

|September 14, 1614

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| Captain General Felipe de Beaumont y Navarra

|September 14, 1614

|June 1, 1619

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|Juan de Vargas

|June 1, 1619

|August 29, 1625

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{{color|#000|41}}

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| Captain General Juan de Haro y Sanvítores

|August 29, 1625

|January 24, 1631

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| Captain General Enrique Enriquez de Sotomayor

|January 24, 1631

|February 23, 1635

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| Captain General Iñigo de la Mota Sarmiento

|February 23, 1635

|May 16, 1640

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{{color|#000|44}}

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| Captain General Agustín de Silva y Figueroa

|May 16, 1640

|December 2, 1641

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|Captain General Juan de Bolaños

{{Small|Interim}}

|December 2, 1641

|July 9, 1643

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|Fernando de la Riva Agüero y Setien

|July 9, 1643

|May 24, 1649

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{{color|#000|47}}

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|Diego de Aguilera y Gamboa

|May 24, 1649

|March 1655

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{{color|#000|48}}

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|José Novoa y Moscoso Pérez y Buitron

|March 1655

|August 15, 1660

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{{color|#000|49}}

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| Captain General Juan Pérez de Guzmán y Chagoyen

|August 15, 1660

|November 23, 1664

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|Jerónimo de Velasco

|November 23, 1664

|June 23, 1670

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|Gaspar de Arteaga y Aunoavidao

|June 23, 1670

|March 17, 1674

|{{cite web|url=http://www.linktopr.com/gobernantes.html |title=Governantes de Puerto Rico |publisher=Link to Puerto Rico |language=es |access-date=2007-09-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807165406/http://www.linktopr.com/gobernantes.html |archive-date=August 7, 2007 }}

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|Diego Roblandillo

{{Small|Interim}}

|March 17, 1674

|August 20, 1674

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{{color|#000|53}}

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| Captain General Baltazar Figueroa y Castilla

{{Small|Interim}}

|August 20, 1674

|April 6, 1675

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|Alonso de Campos y Espinosa

|April 6, 1675

|August 22, 1678

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{{color|#000|55}}

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| Juan de Robles Lorenzana

|August 22, 1678

|July 18, 1683

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{{color|#000|56}}

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| Captain General Gaspar Martínez de Andino

|July 18, 1683

|1685

|

{{color|#000|57}}

|

|Juan Francisco Medina

{{Small|Interim}}

|1685

|1690

|

{{color|#000|58}}

|

| Gaspar de Arredondo y Valle

|May 5, 1690

|August 11, 1695

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{{color|#000|59}}

|

| Juan Francisco Medina

|August 11, 1695

|May 16, 1598

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{{color|#000|60}}

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|Antonio de Robles Silva

{{Small|Interim}}

|May 16, 1698

|October 17, 1699

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{{color|#000|61}}

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|Gaspar de Arredondo y Valle

|April 30, 1699

|June 21, 1700

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{{color|#000|62}}

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| rowspan=1 nowrap="nowrap" id="18th century" | Gabriel Gutiérrez de Rivas

|June 21, 1700

|July 23, 1703

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{{color|#000|63}}

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| Diego Jiménez de Villarán

|July 23, 1703

|October 12, 1703

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|

|Gaspar de Olivares

Andrés Montáñez


{{Small|Alcaldes ordinarios}}

|October 12, 1703

|October 25, 1703

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|Francisco Sánchez Calderón

{{Small|Acting}}

|Ocotber 25, 1703

|July 27, 1705

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{{color|#000|65}}

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|Pedro Arroyo y Guerrero

{{Small|Acting}}

|July 27, 1705

|March 26, 1706

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{{color|#000|66}}

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|Juan Francisco López de Morla

{{Small|Acting}}

|March 26, 1706

|December 24, 1708

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{{color|#000|67}}

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|Francisco Danío Granados

|December 24, 1708

|July 18, 1711

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{{color|#000|68}}

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| Colonel Juan de Ribera

|July 18, 1711

|February 12, 1715

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{{color|#000|69}}

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|José Francisco Carreño

{{Small|Acting}}

|February 12, 1715

|May 3, 1716

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{{color|#000|70}}

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|Alfonso Bertodano

{{Small|Interim}}

|May 3, 1716

|April 7, 1720

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{{color|#000|71}}

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|Francisco Danio Granados

|April 7, 1720

|August 22, 1724

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{{color|#000|72}}

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| Captain General José Antonio de Mendizabal y Azcue

|August 22, 1724

|October 11, 1730

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{{color|#000|73}}

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| Lieutenant Colonel Matías de Abadía

|October 11, 1731

|June 28, 1743

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{{color|#000|74}}

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| Domingo Pérez de Mandares

{{Small|Acting}}

|June 28, 1743

|October 29, 1744

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{{color|#000|75}}

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| Colonel Juan José Colomo

|October 29, 1744

|August 11, 1750

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{{color|#000|76}}

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| Colonel Agustín de Parejas

|August 11, 1750

|July 8, 1751

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{{color|#000|77}}

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| Lieutenant Colonel Esteban Bravo de Rivero

{{Small|Acting}}

|July 8, 1751

|May 1, 1753

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{{color|#000|78}}

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| Captain General Felipe Ramírez de Estenos

|May 1, 1753

|August 30, 1757

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{{color|#000|79}}

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|Esteban Bravo de Rivero

{{Small|Acting}}

|August 30, 1757

|June 3, 1759

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{{color|#000|80}}

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|Mateo de Guaso Calderón

|June 3, 1759

|March 7, 1760

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{{color|#000|81}}

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|Esteban Bravo de Rivero

|March 7, 1760

|April 20, 1761

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| Lieutenant Colonel Ambrosio de Benavides

|April 20, 1761

|March 12, 1766

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{{color|#000|83}}

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| Colonel Marcos de Vergara

|March 12, 1766

|October 28, 1766

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| Lieutenant Colonel José Trentor

{{Small|Acting}}

|October 28, 1766

|July 31, 1770

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{{color|#000|85}}

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| Colonel Miguel de Muesas

|July 31, 1770

|June 2, 1776

|{{cite book|author=Altagracia Ortiz|title=Eighteenth-century Reforms in the Caribbean: Miguel de Muesas, Governor of Puerto Rico, 1769-76|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z0hHaBQF2z8C|date=January 1, 1983|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press|isbn=978-0-8386-3008-2}}

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| Colonel José Dufresne

|June 2, 1776

|April 6, 1783

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| Field Marshal Don Juan Andrés Daban y Busterino

|April 6, 1783

|March 27, 1789

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| Coronel Francisco Torralbo y Robles

{{Small|Acting}}

|March 27, 1789

|July 8, 1789

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| 100px

| Brigadier General Miguel Antonio de Ustáriz

|July 8, 1789

|May 19, 1792

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|Coronel Francisco Torralbo y Robles

{{Small|Acting}}

|May 19, 1792

|March 10, 1793

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| Brigadier General Enrique Grimarest

|March 10, 1793

|March 21, 1795

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| rowspan=1 nowrap="nowrap" id="19th century" | Field Marshal Don Ramón de Castro y Gutiérrez

|March 21, 1795

|November 12, 1804

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|Toribio Montes

|November 12, 1804

|June 3, 1809

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|Salvador Meléndez Bruna

|June 30, 1809

|March 22, 1820

|{{cite web | title=El capitan general de la Isla de Puerto Rico a todos los vecinos y habitantes de ella : Puerto Rico. Governor (1809–1820 : Meléndez y Bruna) | website=Internet Archive | date=October 23, 2016 | url=https://archive.org/details/elcapitangeneral00puer | language=es| access-date=July 20, 2019}}

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| Brigadier General Juan Vasco y Pascual

|March 24, 1820

|August 7, 1820

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| Brigadier General Gonzalo Arostegui y Herrera

|August 7, 1820

|February 12, 1822

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|Coronel José de Navarro

{{Small|Acting}}

|February 12, 1822

|May 30, 1822

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|Francisco González de Linares

|May 30, 1822

|December 4, 1823

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| Lieutenant General Miguel Luciano de La Torre y Pando

|December 4, 1823

|January 14, 1837

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|Francisco Javier de Moreda y Prieto

|January 14, 1837

|December 15, 1837

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| Field Marshal Miguel López de Baños

|December 15, 1837

|October 2, 1840

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| Lieutenant General Santiago Méndez de Vigo

|October 2, 1840

|March 11, 1844

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| Lieutenant General Rafael de Aristegui y Vélez

|March 11, 1844

|December 15, 1847

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| Field Marshal Don Juan Prim de Prats y Gonzalez

|December 15, 1847

|September 12, 1848

|{{cite web| url=http://www.preb.com/biog/rcordero.htm| title=Rafael Cordero Molina: Maestro de proceres, Siervo de Dios| publisher=Puerto Rico en breve| language=es| access-date=2007-09-19}}

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| Lieutenant General Juan de la Pezuela y Cevallos

|September 12, 1848

|April 23, 1851

|{{cite book| title=Historia de Puerto Rico|last= Miller|first=Paul Gerard | via=Internet Archive | year=1922 | url=https://archive.org/details/historiadepuerto00mill | access-date=21 June 2020|language=es}}{{cite news| title=A Sketch of the New Spanish Ministers. | newspaper=Empire| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64982264 |date=31 December 1856 | access-date=31 October 2019}}

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|Enrique de España y Taberner

|April 23, 1851

|August 23, 1852

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| Lieutenant General Fernándo Norzagaray y Escudero

|August 23, 1852

|January 31, 1855

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| 100px

| Lieutenant General Andrés García Camba

|January 31, 1855

|August 23, 1855

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|100px

| Lieutenant General José Lemery Ibrarrola Ney y Gonzalez

|August 23, 1855

|January 28, 1857

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| Lieutenant General Fernando Cotoner y Chacon

|January 28, 1857

|July 31, 1860

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| Sabino Gamir Maladen

|July 31, 1860

|August 19, 1860

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|100px

| Lieutenant General Rafael Echague y Bermingham

|August 19, 1860

|February 17, 1862

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|100px

| Brigadier General Rafael Izquierdo y Gutierrez

{{Small|Acting}}

|February 17, 1862

|April 29, 1862

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| 100px

| Lieutenant General Félix María de Messina Iglesias

|April 29, 1862

|November 18, 1865

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|100px

| Lieutenant General José María Marchessi y Oleaga

|November 18, 1865

|November 17, 1867

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|General Julián Juan Pavia Lacy

|November 17, 1867

|December 30, 1868

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|143x143px

|General José Laureano Sanz y Posse

|December 30, 1868

|May 21, 1870

|{{cite web | title=José Laureano Sanz Posse | website=Real Academia de la Historia | url=http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/15362/jose-laureano-sanz-posse | language=es | access-date=3 September 2019}}

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| Lieutenant General Gabriel Baldrich

|April 4, 1870

|September 13, 1871

|

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|100px

| General Ramón Gómez Pulido

|September 13, 1871

|July 30, 1872

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{{color|#000|120}}

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| General Simón de la Torre Ormaza

|July 30, 1872

|November 5, 1872

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{{color|#000|121}}

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|Brigadier General Joaquín Eurile Hernan

{{Small|Acting}}

|November 5, 1872

|February 14, 1873

|

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|

| Lieutenant General Juan Martínez Plowes

|February 14, 1873

|March 25, 1873

|

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|

|General Rafael Primo de Rivera y Sobremonte

|March 25, 1873

|February 2, 1874

|

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|143x143px

|General José Laureano Sanz y Posse

|February 2, 1874

|December 16, 1875

|

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|

| General Segundo de la Portilla Gutierrez

|December 16, 1875

|January 24, 1877

|

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|139x139px

| General Manuel de la Serna Hernandez y Pinzón

|January 24, 1877

|April 26, 1878

|

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|145x145px

| General José Gamir Maladen

{{Small|Acting}}

|April 26, 1878

|June 24, 1878

|

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|100px

|General Eulogio Despujols y Dussay

|June 24, 1878

|July 7, 1881

|

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|

|General Segundo de la Portilla Gutierrez

|July 7, 1881

|November 23, 1883

||

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|100px

|General Miguel de la Vega Inclán y Palma

|November 23, 1883

|July 31, 1884

|

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|

|General Don Carlos Suances Campos

{{Small|Acting}}

|July 31, 1884

|September 19, 1884

|

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|142x142px

|General Ramón Fajardo Izquierdo

{{Small|Acting}}

|September 19, 1884

|November 1, 1884

|

–

|

|General Don Carlos Suances Campos

{{Small|Acting}}

|November 1, 1884

|November 25, 1884

|

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|100px

|General Luis Daban y Ramírez de Arellanó

|November 25, 1884

|March 23, 1887

|

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|80px

|General Romualdo Palacios Gonzalez

|March 23, 1887

|November 9, 1887

|

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|136x136px

|General Juan Contreras Martinez

{{Small|Acting}}

|November 9, 1887

|February 25, 1888

|

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|

|General Pedro Ruiz Dana

|February 25, 1888

|April 18, 1890

|

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|

|Brigadier General José Pascual Bonanzaç

{{Small|Acting}}

|April 18, 1890

|April 22, 1890

|

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|

|General José Lasso y Pérez

|April 22, 1890

|November 15, 1892

|

–

|

|Lieutenant general Manuel Delgado y Zuleta

{{Small|Acting}}

|November 15, 1892

|January 10, 1893

|

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|General Antonio Daban y Ramírez de Arrellanó

|January 10, 1893

|June 22, 1895

|

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|145x145px

|General José Gamir Maladen

|June 22, 1895

|January 17, 1896

|

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|153x153px

| General Emilio March

{{Small|Acting}}

|January 17, 1896

|February 15, 1896

|

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|100px

|General Sabas Marín González

|February 15, 1896

|January 4, 1898

|{{cite web| url=http://cuhwww.upr.clu.edu/exegesis/32/Davila.html| title=Presencia del ideario masónico en el proyecto revolucionario antillano de Ramón Emeterio Betances| publisher=Universidad de Puerto Rico| language=es| access-date=2007-09-19| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930192442/http://cuhwww.upr.clu.edu/exegesis/32/Davila.html| archive-date=2007-09-30}}

{{color|#000|143}}

|100px

|General Ricardo de Ortega y Diez

{{Small|Acting}}

|January 4, 1898

|January 11, 1898

|

{{color|#000|144}}

|100px

| General Andrés González Muñoz

|January 11, 1898

|January 11, 1898

|{{cite web| url=http://www.preb.com/qs/qsoy94.htm| title=Teniente general Andrés González Muñoz | publisher=Puerto Rico en breve| language=es| access-date=2007-09-19}}{{cite web|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1897/12/23/105960240.html?pageNumber=3|title=Puerto Rico's New Governor.|website=timesmachine nytimes}}

{{color|#000|145}}

|100px

|General Ricardo de Ortega y Diez

{{Small|Acting}}

|January 11, 1898

|February 2, 1898

|

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|100px

|General Manuel Macías Casado

|February 2, 1898

|October 14, 1898

|{{cite web| url=http://home.coqui.net/sarrasin/pers6.htm| title=Protagonistas de la Guerra Hispano Americana en Puerto Rico Parte VI| publisher=Coqui.net| language=es| access-date=2007-09-19}}

{{color|#000|147}}

|100px

|General Ricardo de Ortega y Diez

{{Small|Acting}}

|October 14, 1898

|October 16, 1898

|{{cite web| url=http://home.coqui.net/sarrasin/pers7.htm| title=Protagonistas de la Guerra Hispano Americana en Puerto Rico Parte VII| publisher=Coqui.net| language=es| access-date=2007-09-18}}

{{color|#000|148}}

|100px

|Captain Ángel Rivero Méndez

{{Small|Acting}}

|October 16, 1898

|October 18, 1898

|{{cite news| newspaper=Democrat and Chronicle | title=Last Spanish Ruler in Porto Rico Dies| via=newspapers.com | date=25 February 1930 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/135687899/ | access-date=29 November 2022|quote=Although he served only two days, Rivero was credited with being the last Spanish governor of Porto Rico. He was born here and educated in Spain. He served in the Spanish army until the end of the Spanish-American war and later became an American citizen. Rivero was credited with doing much to create friendly understanding among Spaniards, Porto Ricans and Americans.}}

= Governors under U.S. colonial administration =

==Military government==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! No.

! Image

! Name

! Took office

! Left office

! scope="column" class="unsortable" | Reference

149

|90px

|Commanding General Nelson A. Miles

|July 25, 1898

|October 18, 1898

|

150

|90px

|Major General John R. Brooke

|October 18, 1898

|December 6, 1898

|{{cite web| url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/brooke.html| title=John R. Brooke| publisher=Library of Congress| access-date=2007-09-19}}

151

|90px

|Major General Guy Vernor Henry

|December 6, 1898

|May 9, 1899

|

152

|90px

| rowspan=1 nowrap="nowrap" id="20th century" | Major General George Whitefield Davis

|May 9, 1899

|May 1, 1900

|

==Post-Foraker Act of 1900==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! No.

! Image

! Name

! Took office

! Left office

! Notes

! Reference

153

|90px

|Charles Herbert Allen

|May 1, 1900

|September 15, 1901

|First U.S. civil governor appointed by President William McKinley

|{{cite dictionary| url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000116| title=Allen, Charles Herbert, (1848 - 1934)| dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress| access-date=2007-09-19}}

154

|90px

|William Henry Hunt

|September 15, 1901

|July 4, 1904

|

|{{cite web| url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=1126| title=Hunt, William Henry| publisher=Federal Judicial Center| access-date=2007-09-19| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423011913/http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=1126| archive-date=2008-04-23}}

155

|90px

|Beekman Winthrop

|July 4, 1904

|April 17, 1907

|

|

156

|90px

|Regis Henri Post

|April 17, 1907

|November 6, 1909

|

|

157

|90px

|George Radcliffe Colton

|November 6, 1909

|November 15, 1913

|

|

158

|90px

|Arthur Yager

|November 15, 1913

|May 15, 1921

|Classmate of President Woodrow Wilson. With his support, the United States Congress adopted the Jones-Shafroth Act

|{{cite web| url=http://library.georgetowncollege.edu/Special_Collections/Arthur_Yager.htm| title=Arthur Yager 1908-1913| publisher=Georgetown College| access-date=2007-09-19| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927002336/http://library.georgetowncollege.edu/Special_Collections/Arthur_Yager.htm| archive-date=2007-09-27}}

159

|

|José E. Benedicto

|May 15, 1921

|July 30, 1921

|Interim governor

|

160

|90px

|Emmet Montgomery Reily

|July 30, 1921

|February 16, 1923

|

|{{cite web| url=http://www.cmu.edu/ARIS_3/text/text_vivoni.html| title=The Architecture of Power| publisher=Carnegie Mellon University| access-date=2007-09-19| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704032938/http://www.cmu.edu/ARIS_3/text/text_vivoni.html| archive-date=2007-07-04| url-status=dead}}

161

|90px

|Juan Bernardo Huyke

|February 16, 1923

|April 1, 1923

|Interim governor

|

162

|90px

|Horace Mann Towner

|April 1, 1923

|September 29, 1929

|

|{{cite dictionary| url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000325| title=Towner, Horace Mann, (1855 - 1937)| dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress| access-date=2007-09-19}}

163

|

|James R. Beverley

|September 29, 1929

|October 7, 1929

|The only non-Puerto Rican appointee of 15 from 1900 to 1952 who could speak Spanish before going there.

Interim governor

|

164

|90px

|Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

|October 7, 1929

|January 30, 1932

|

|{{cite web| url=http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/familytree/Trjr.htm| title=TR's Family Tree| publisher=Theodore Roosevelt Association| access-date=2007-09-19}}

165

|

|James R. Beverley 2nd Term

|January 30, 1932

|July 3, 1933

|Interim governor

|

166

|

|Robert Hayes Gore

|July 3, 1933

|January 11, 1934

|

|{{Citation | author=Washington Post | title=Warren D. Robbins Minister to Canada; White House Also Chooses Robert H. Gore as Governor of Puerto Rico | newspaper=Washington Post | issue = April 29, 1933 | year = 1933 | page=2 }}

167

|

|Benjamin Jason Horton

|January 11, 1934

|February 5, 1934

|

|

168

|90px

|Blanton C. Winship

|February 5, 1934

|June 25, 1939

|Summarily removed by President Roosevelt on May 12, 1939.[http://www.llmc.com/TitleLLMC.asp?ColID=3&Cat=136&TID=7037&TName=Ponce%20Massacre,%20Com.%20of%20Inquiry,%201937 Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Civil Rights in Puerto Rico. The Commission of Inquiry on Civil Rights in Puerto Rico, editor. 70 pages. May 22, 1937. Published by The Law Library Microform Consortium (LLMC).] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214194610/http://llmc.com/TitleLLMC.asp?ColID=3&Cat=136&TID=7037&TName=Ponce%20Massacre%2C%20Com.%20of%20Inquiry%2C%201937 |date=December 14, 2010 }} Accessed on October 30, 2010.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120112031601/http://www.cheverote.com/reviews/marcantonio.html Vito Marcantonio, U.S. Congressman. Five Years of Tyranny. Speech before the U.S. House of Representatives. Cheverote Productions. 14 August 1939.]}} The entire speech is contained in the Congressional Record August 14, 1939. Retrieved October 30, 2010.

|{{cite web| author=Vito Marcantonio

| url=http://cheverote.com/reviews/marcantonio.html| title=Five Years of Tyranny| publisher=Cheverote Productions| access-date=2007-09-19| url-status=usurped

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808104126/http://www.cheverote.com/reviews/marcantonio.html | archive-date=2007-08-08}}

169

|

|José E. Colón

|June 25, 1939

|September 11, 1939

|Interim governor

|

170

|90px

|William D. Leahy

|September 11, 1939

|November 28, 1940

|

|{{cite web| url=http://www.williamdleahy.com/| title=William D. Leahy - Biography| publisher=Williamdleahy.com (official web site)| access-date=2007-09-19}}

171

|90px

|José Miguel Gallardo

|November 28, 1940

|February 3, 1941

|Interim governor

|

172

|

|Guy J. Swope

|February 3, 1941

|July 24, 1941

|

|{{cite dictionary| url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001127| title=Swope, Guy Jacob, (1892 - 1969)| dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress| access-date=2007-09-19}}

173

|90px

|José Miguel Gallardo

|July 24, 1941

|September 19, 1941

|Interim governor

|

174

|90px

|Rexford Tugwell

|September 19, 1941

|September 2, 1946

|

|{{cite web| url=http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/tugwell-rexford.htm| title=Rexford G. Tugwell (1891–1979)| publisher=The Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site| access-date=2007-09-19}}

175

|90px

|Jesús T. Piñero

|September 2, 1946

|January 2, 1949

|Only native Puerto Rican governor appointed under US colonial administration

|{{cite web| url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/congress/pinero.html| title=Jesus T. Piñero| publisher=Library of Congress| access-date=2007-09-19}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2019}}

= Governors under the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico =

{{legend2|{{party color|New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}|New Progressive Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (8)

{{legend2|{{party color|Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)}}|Popular Democratic Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (7)

US party affiliation

{{legend2|{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|Democratic Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (10)

{{legend2|{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|Republican Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (4)

{{legend2|{{party color|Independent}}|Independent|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (1)

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|+

-

!No.

!Portrait

!width=180 |Name
{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

!Term

!Duration

!Party

!Election

!colspan=2 |National Party
Affiliation

-

! rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)}}; color:white;" | 176

| rowspan="4" |90px

| rowspan="4" |Luis Muñoz Marín
{{small|(1898–1980)}}{{cite web| url=http://www.munoz-marin.org/| title=Luis Muñoz Marín - Biografia| publisher=Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín| access-date=2007-09-19| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092338/http://www.munoz-marin.org/| archive-date=2007-09-29| url-status=dead}}

| rowspan="4" |January 2, 1949

–

January 2, 1965
{{small|(did not run)}}

| rowspan="4" |16 years

| rowspan="4" |Popular Democratic

|1948

! rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}};" |

| rowspan="4" |Independent{{efn|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."{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NFG3tHuA79sC&q=luis+mu%C3%B1oz+marin+democrata&pg=PA77 |title=Historia Constitucional de Puerto Rico |volume=V |first=José |last=Trías Monge |publisher=La Editorial |language=es |year=1995 |isbn=9780847702084 |access-date=2013-08-10 }}}}

1952
1956
1960
-

! style="background-color:{{party color|Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)}}; color:white;" | 177

|90px

|Roberto Sánchez Vilella
{{small|(1913–1997)}}{{cite web| author=Luis R. Negrón| url=http://www.preb.com/biog/sanchezv.htm| title=Roberto Sánchez Vilella| publisher=Puerto Rico en breve |language=es| access-date=2007-09-19 }}

|January 2, 1965

–

January 2, 1969
{{small|(lost election)}}

|4 years

|Popular Democratic

|1964

! style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Democratic{{efn|Metro (2012) "Desde la presidencia de Lyndon B. Johnson y la gobernación de Roberto Sánchez Vilella, no teníamos un presidente demócrata en Washington y un gobernador demócrata en San Juan."{{cite news |url=http://www.metro.pr/locales/lideres-populares-reclaman-a-cox-alomar-para-oficina-de-pr-en-washington/pGXllt!TvFh3wxXpE8Fs/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210110/http://www.metro.pr/locales/lideres-populares-reclaman-a-cox-alomar-para-oficina-de-pr-en-washington/pGXllt!TvFh3wxXpE8Fs/|archive-date=March 3, 2016|title=Líderes populares reclaman a Cox Alomar para Oficina de PR en Washington |newspaper=Metro Puerto Rico |publisher=Metro International |date=2012-12-20 |access-date=2013-08-10 }}}}

-

! style="background-color:{{party color|New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}; color:white;" | 178

|90px

|Luis A. Ferré
{{small|(1904–2003)}}{{cite encyclopedia| url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9034091/Luis-A-Ferre| title=Luis A. Ferré| encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica| access-date=2007-09-19}}

|January 2, 1969

–

January 2, 1973
{{small|(lost election)}}

|4 years

|New Progressive

|1968

! style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

| Republican{{efn|Fernós (2003) "[...]su dirigente Don Luis A. Ferré, presidente del Partido Republicano en Puerto Rico."{{cite book |title=Ser Nosotros Mismos!: La Angustiosa Lucha Del Pueblo Puertorriqueño Por Su Soberanía Nacional |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Og_S4uPHh9MC&q=luis+ferr%C3%A9+republicano&pg=PA140 |first=Antonio |last=Fernós |language=es |publisher=La Editorial |year=2003 |isbn = 9780847701421|access-date=2013-08-10 }}}}

-

! style="background-color:{{party color|Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)}}; color:white;" | 179

|90px

|Rafael Hernández Colón
{{small|(1936–2019)}}{{cite encyclopedia| url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9040179/Rafael-Hernandez-Colon| title=Rafael Hernández Colón| encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica| access-date=2007-09-19}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-rafael-hernandez-colon-puerto-rico-dead-20190502-story.html|title=Rafael Hernández Colón, former governor of Puerto Rico, dies at 82|date=May 2, 2019|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 2, 2019|agency=Associated Press}}

|January 2, 1973

–

January 2, 1977
{{small|(lost election)}}

|4 years

|Popular Democratic

|1972

! style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Democratic{{efn|name="hernandez-colon-and-romero-barcelo-democrats"|Montalvo (2012) "Carlos Romero Barceló y Rafael Hernández Colón son de partidos contrarios en la Isla, pero demócratas en la política estadounidense."{{cite news |first=Iza |last=Montalvo |newspaper=La Opinión |title=Exgobernadores de PR visitan Florida en campaña por Obama |date=2012-10-08 |language=es }}}}

-

! rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}; color:white;" | 180

| rowspan="2" |90px

| rowspan="2" |Carlos Romero Barceló
{{small|(1932–2021)}}{{cite dictionary| url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000417| title=Romero-Barceló, Carlos Antonio, (1932 - )| dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress| access-date=2007-09-19}}{{Cite web|title=Fallece el exgobernador Carlos Romero Barceló|url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/politica/notas/fallece-el-exgobernador-carlos-romero-barcelo/|access-date=2021-05-03|website=El Nuevo Día|language=spanish}}

| rowspan="2" |January 2, 1977

–

January 2, 1985
{{small|(lost election)}}

| rowspan="2" |8 years

| rowspan="2" |New Progressive

|1976

! rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| rowspan="2" |Democratic{{efn|name="hernandez-colon-and-romero-barcelo-democrats"}}

1980
-

! rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)}}; color:white;" | 181

| rowspan="2" |90px

| rowspan="2" |Rafael Hernández Colón
{{small|(1936–2019)}}

| rowspan="2" |January 2, 1985

–

January 2, 1993
{{small|(did not run)}}

| rowspan="2" |8 years

| rowspan="2" |Popular Democratic

|1984

! rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| rowspan="2" |Democratic{{efn|name="hernandez-colon-and-romero-barcelo-democrats"}}

1988
-

! rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}; color:white;" | 182

| rowspan="2" | File:Pedro Rosselló.png

| rowspan="2" |Pedro Rosselló
{{small|(b. 1944)}}{{cite web| url=http://www.senadopr.us/senadores/senador.asp?bId=snZyncs5kk48&lan=| title=Pedro Rosselló| publisher=Senado de Puerto Rico| language=es| access-date=2007-09-19| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927045334/http://www.senadopr.us/senadores/senador.asp?bId=snZyncs5kk48&lan=| archive-date=2007-09-27}}

| rowspan="2" |January 2, 1993

–

January 2, 2001
{{small|(did not run)}}

| rowspan="2" |8 years

| rowspan="2" |New Progressive

|1992

! rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| rowspan="2" |Democratic{{cite web |url=http://www.presupuesto.gobierno.pr/PresupuestosAnteriores/AF99/MENSAJE/BIOGRAF.HTM |title=Hon. Pedro Rosselló - Resumen Biográfico |language=es |year=1998 |access-date=2013-08-10 |quote=[Rosselló es] Vicepresidente de la Asociación de Gobernadores Demócratas. }}

1996
-

! style="background-color:{{party color|Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)}}; color:white;" | 183

|90px

|Sila María Calderón
{{small|(b. 1942)}}{{cite encyclopedia| url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9433064/Sila-Maria-Calderon|title=Sila Maria Calderón| encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica| access-date=2007-09-19}}

|January 2, 2001

–

January 2, 2005
{{small|(did not run)}}

|4 years

|Popular Democratic

|2000

! style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Democratic{{efn|Castilla y León. "[Calderón] pertenece al Partido Popular Democrático de Puerto Rico y al Partido Demócrata de Estados Unidos."{{cite web |url=http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/v2/personajes/10757.htm |title=Calderón Serra, Sila María |language=es |access-date=2013-08-10 |publisher=Junta de Castilla y León |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331061110/http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/v2/personajes/10757.htm |archive-date=2014-03-31 }}}}

-

! style="background-color:{{party color|Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)}}; color:white;" | 184

|90px

|Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
{{small|(b. 1962)}}{{cite dictionary| url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000359| title=Acevedo-Vilá, Aníbal, (1962 - )| dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress| access-date=2007-09-19}}

|January 2, 2005

–

January 2, 2009
{{small|(lost election)}}

|4 years

|Popular Democratic

|2004

! style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Democratic{{efn|DARN (2011) "[Acevedo Vilá] was an active member of the National Governors Association, the Southern Governors Association and the Democratic Governors Association."{{cite web |url=http://danr.org/2011/08/07/former-governor-anibal-acevedo-vila-to-present-at-danr-leadership-forum-in-puerto-rico/ |date=2011-08-07 |access-date=2013-08-10 |publisher=Dominican American National Roundtable |title=Former Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá to Present at DANR Leadership Forum in Puerto Rico |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724141131/http://danr.org/2011/08/07/former-governor-anibal-acevedo-vila-to-present-at-danr-leadership-forum-in-puerto-rico/ |archive-date=2013-07-24 }}}}

-

! style="background-color:{{party color|New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}; color:white;" | 185

|90px

|Luis Fortuño
{{small|(b. 1960)}}

|January 2, 2009

–

January 2, 2013
{{small|(lost election)}}

|4 years

|New Progressive

|2008

! style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

| Republican{{cite web |url=http://rga-org.myrga.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=162:wsj-luis-fortuno-is-a-republican-star&catid=7:in-case-you-missed-it&Itemid=9%3Cabout:blank%3E |title=WSJ: Luis Fortuno is a Republican Star |publisher=Republican Governors Association |access-date=2013-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825052703/http://rga-org.myrga.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=162:wsj-luis-fortuno-is-a-republican-star&catid=7:in-case-you-missed-it&Itemid=9%3Cabout:blank%3E |archive-date=August 25, 2011 |url-status=dead }}

-

! style="background-color:{{party color|Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)}}; color:white;" | 186

|90px

|Alejandro García Padilla
{{small|(b. 1971)}}

|January 2, 2013

–

January 2, 2017
{{small|(did not run)}}

|4 years

|Popular Democratic

|2012

! style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Democratic{{efn|Varela (2013) "[...] Governor Alejandro Padilla, a Democrat [...]"{{cite news |url=http://nbclatino.com/2013/05/22/opinion-for-puerto-rico-to-ever-progress-the-politics-of-status-must-disappear/ |title=Opinion: For Puerto Rico to ever progress, the politics of status must disappear |first=Julio |last=Varela |newspaper=NBC Latino |publisher=NBC |date=2013-05-22 |access-date=2013-08-10 }}}}

-

! style="background-color:{{party color|New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}; color:white;" | 187

|90px

|Ricardo Rosselló
{{small|(b. 1979)}}

|January 2, 2017

–

August 2, 2019
{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Rosselló resigned from office due to the Telegramgate scandal.}}

|2 years, 212 days

|New Progressive

|2016

! style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Democratic{{Cite news|url=https://democraticgovernors.org/governor/ricky-rossello/|title=Ricky Rosselló {{!}} Democratic Governors Association|work=Democratic Governors Association|access-date=2018-07-23|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603153631/https://democraticgovernors.org/governor/ricky-rossello/|archive-date=June 3, 2018|url-status=dead}}

-

! style="background-color:{{party color|New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}; color:white;" | –

|90px

|Pedro Pierluisi
{{small|(b. 1959)}}
{{small|De facto}}

|August 2, 2019

–

August 7, 2019
{{small|(successor took office)}}

|5 days

|New Progressive

| None{{Efn|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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/08/07/749090146/puerto-ricos-supreme-court-rules-pierluisi-unconstitutionally-sworn-in-as-govern|title=Puerto Rico's Justice Secretary Wanda Vázquez Sworn In As Governor|last1=Romo|first1=Vanessa|last2=Gonzales|first2=Richard|date=2019-08-07|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08}}|name=|group=}}

! style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Democratic

-

! style="background-color:{{party color|New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}; color:white;" | 188

|90px

|Wanda Vázquez Garced
{{small|(b. 1960)}}
{{small|Constitutional appointment}}

|August 7, 2019

–

January 2, 2021
{{small|(lost nomination)}}

|1 year, 148 days

|New Progressive

| None{{Efn|As Secretary of Justice, Mrs. Vázquez Garced 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 was not confirmed by both chambers of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico as Secretary of State.{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/08/07/749090146/puerto-ricos-supreme-court-rules-pierluisi-unconstitutionally-sworn-in-as-govern|title=Puerto Rico's Justice Secretary Wanda Vázquez Sworn In As Governor|last1=Romo|first1=Vanessa|last2=Gonzales|first2=Richard|date=2019-08-07|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08}}|name=|group=}}

! style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

| Republican{{Cite news|url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/politica/nota/lagobernadorawandavazquezseinclinahacialafilosofiarepublicana-2513013/#cxrecs_s|title=La gobernadora Wanda Vázquez se "inclina hacia la filosofía republicana"|work=El Nuevo Día|access-date=2019-08-21|language=es-PR}}

-

! style="background-color:{{party color|New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}; color:white;" | 189

|90px

|Pedro Pierluisi
{{small|(b. 1959)}}

|January 2, 2021

–

January 2, 2025
{{small|(lost nomination)}}

|4 years

|New Progressive

|2020

! style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Democratic

style="background-color:{{party color|New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}; color:white;" | 190

|120x120px

|Jenniffer González-Colón
{{small|(b. 1976)}}

|January 2, 2025

–

Incumbent

|{{age in years and days|2 January 2025}}

|New Progressive

|2024

! style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

| Republican{{cite web |url=http://rga-org.myrga.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=162:wsj-luis-fortuno-is-a-republican-star&catid=7:in-case-you-missed-it&Itemid=9%3Cabout:blank%3E |title=WSJ: Luis Fortuno is a Republican Star |publisher=Republican Governors Association |access-date=2013-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825052703/http://rga-org.myrga.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=162:wsj-luis-fortuno-is-a-republican-star&catid=7:in-case-you-missed-it&Itemid=9%3Cabout:blank%3E |archive-date=August 25, 2011 |url-status=dead }}

See also

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Notes

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References

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