Party leaders of the Senate of Puerto Rico

Majority Leader of the Senate of Puerto Rico PNP Leader
Incumbent Larry Seilhamer since August 28, 2011
Style	Senator

Minority Leader of the Senate of Puerto Rico PPD Leader
Incumbent José Luis Dalmau since January 3, 2009
Style	Senator

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The Senate of Puerto Rico Majority and Minority Leaders are Puerto Rican Senators who are elected by the party conferences that hold the majority and the minorities respectively. These leaders serve as the chief Senate spokespeople for their parties and manage and schedule the legislative and executive business of the Senate. By rule, the Presiding Officer gives the Majority Leader priority in obtaining recognition to speak on the floor of the Senate. The Majority Leader customarily serves as the chief representative of his or her party in Senate.

Current floor leaders

The Senate is currently composed of 20 senators from the New Progressive Party (PNP), and 8 senators from the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).

The incumbent floor leaders are PNP Majority Leader Larry Seilhamer of the District of Ponce and PPD Minority Leader José Luis Dalmau of the District of Humacao.

List of party leaders

The "Majority" column indicates which party was the majority in the Senate, while the opposing column indicates the minority. The PIP is usually a minority.

Senate	Dates	PNP Leader	Majority	PPD Leader	PIP Leader
1st	1949–1953		PPD Maj →		N/A
2nd	1953–1957				Gilberto Concepción de Gracia (At-large)
3rd	1957–1961				N/A
4th	1961–1965
5th	1965–1969
6th	1969–1973
7th	1973–1977				Rubén Berríos (At-large)
8th	1977–1981	Nicolás Nogueras (At-large)	← PNP Maj		N/A
9th	1981–1985		PPD Maj →
10th	1985–1989	Roberto Rexach Benítez (At-large)			Rubén Berríos (At-large)
11th	1989–1993				N/A
12th	1993–1997		← PNP Maj		Rubén Berríos (At-large)
13th	1997–2001	José Enrique Meléndez		Antonio Fas Alzamora (At-large)
14th	2001–2005	Kenneth McClintock (At-large)	PPD Maj →	José Luis Dalmau (Humacao)	Fernando Martín (At-large)
15th	2005	Jorge de Castro Font (At-large)	← PNP Maj	José Luis Dalmau (Humacao)
	2005–2009	Margarita Nolasco (Guayama)			María de Lourdes Santiago (At-large)
16th	2009–2011	Roberto Arango (At-large)			N/A
	2011-2013	Larry Seilhamer (Ponce)
17th	2013–present	Larry Seilhamer (At-large)	PPD Maj →	Aníbal José Torres (At-large)	María de Lourdes Santiago (At-large)
Senate	Dates	PNP Leader	Majority	PPD Leader	PIP Leader

See also

• Assistant party leaders of the Senate of Puerto Rico