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Assistant party leaders of the Senate of Puerto Rico

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Majority Whip of the
Senate of Puerto Rico
PPD Leader
since January 3, 2021
StyleSenator
Minority Whip of the
Senate of Puerto Rico
PNP Leader
since January 3, 2021
StyleSenator
Minority Whip of the
Senate of Puerto Rico
MVC Leader
since January 3, 2021
StyleSenator

The Assistant Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate of Puerto Rico (commonly called Majority Whip and Minority Whip) are two Puerto Rican Senators who are elected by the party conferences that hold the majority and the minority respectively. These leaders substitute the Majority and Minority leaders in their absence.

Current assistant leaders

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The Senate is currently composed of 12 senators from the Popular Democratic Party (PPD), 10 senators from the New Progressive Party (PNP), 2 senators from the Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana (MVC), and one senator each from the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) and Proyecto Dignidad (PD) as well as one independent senator.

The incumbent whips are senators at-large Gretchen Marie Hau Irizarry (from the PPD), Carmelo Ríos Santiago (from the PNP), and Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl (from the MVC).

List of party whips

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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 with just one senator, which also precludes it from having an assistant leader.

Senate Dates PNP Whip Majority PPD Whip PIP Whip MVC Whip
1st 1949–1953 PPD Maj → N/A
2nd 1953–1957
3rd 1957–1961 N/A
4th 1961–1965
5th 1965–1969
6th 1969–1973
7th 1973–1977 Sila Nazario de Ferrer
8th 1977–1981 ← PNP Maj N/A
9th 1981–1985 PPD Maj →
10th 1985–1989
11th 1989–1993 N/A
12th 1993–1997 ← PNP Maj
13th 1997–2001
14th 2001–2005 Orlando Parga PPD Maj →
15th 2005 Margarita Nolasco (Guayama) ← PNP Maj Sila Mari González
2005–2009 Carlos Pagán (Mayagüez)
16th 2009–2013 Lucy Arce (At-large) Eduardo Bhatia (At-large) N/A
17th 2013–2017 Carmelo Ríos (Bayamón) PPD Maj → Rossana López León (At-large) N/A
18th 2017–2021 Angel Martínez Santiago (Arecibo) PNP Maj ← José Luis Dalmau (Humacao) N/A
19th 2017–2021 Carmelo Ríos Santiago (Bayamón) PPD Minority control → Gretchen Marie Hau Irizarry (Guayama) N/A Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl
Senate Dates PNP Whip Majority PPD Whip PIP Whip MVC Whip

See also

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References

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