Executive Departments of the Government of Puerto Rico

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Puerto Rico State Department.

The Executive Branch of the Government of Puerto Rico comprises various Departments which provide public services to the citizens of Puerto Rico. Currently, there are 16 main departments, each with their own sub-agencies and divisions. Each Department is run by a Secretary, who is named by the Governor of Puerto Rico and confirmed by the Puerto Rico Senate, except for the Secretary of State who is also confirmed by the Puerto Rico House of Representatives. They are the equivalent of Ministries.

Executive Departments

Department	Office	Head	Link
Department of State	Secretary	Kenneth McClintock	Department of State
Department of Justice	Secretary	Guillermo Somoza	Department of Justice
Department of the Treasury	Secretary	Juan Carlos Puig	Department of the Treasury
Department of Education	Secretary	Rubén Hernández Gregorat	Department of Education
Department of Transportation and Public Works	Secretary	Jesús Rivera	Department of Transportation and Public Works
Department of Housing	Secretary	Miguel Hernandez Vivoni	Department of Housing
Department of the Family	Secretary	Yanitsia Irizarry Méndez	Department of the Family
Department of Consumer Affairs	Secretary	Luis Gerardo Rivera	Department of Consumer Affairs
Department of Economic Development and Commerce	Secretary	José Pérez Riera	Department of Economic Development and Commerce
Department of Agriculture	Secretary	Javier Rivera Aquino	Department of Agriculture
Department of Labor and Human Resources	Secretary	Miguel Romero	Department of Labor and Human Resources
Department of Natural and Environmental Resources	Secretary	Daniel Galán Kercado	Department of Natural Resources
Department of Sports and Recreation	Secretary	Henry Neumann	Department of Sports and Recreation
Department of Health	Secretary	Lorenzo González	Department of Health
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation	Secretary	Carlos Molina	Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Puerto Rico Police Department	Superintendent	José Figueroa Sancha
Puerto Rico Fire Department	Fire Chief	Carmen I. Rodriguez Diaz
Emergency Management Agency and Disaster Administration	Secretary	Heriberto Sauri
Office of the Solicitor General	Solicitor General	Maite D. Oronoz Rodríguez	Office of the Solicitor General
Office of Management and Budget	Director	Juan C. Pavía	Office of Management and Budget
Federal Affairs Administration	Executive Director	Nicole Guillemard	Federal Affairs Administration

See also

• Public Corporations of the Government of Puerto Rico

External links

• (Spanish) Government of Puerto Rico Organizational Chart
• (Spanish) Directory of Government Agencies of Puerto Rico