Party leaders of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico

The majority and minority leaders of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico are two Puerto Rican Representatives who are elected by the party conferences that hold the majority and the minority respectively. These leaders serve as the chief House spokespeople for their parties and manage and schedule the legislative and executive business of the House. By rule, the Presiding Officer gives the Majority Leader priority in obtaining recognition to speak on the floor of the House.

Majority leaders

New Progressive Party Popular Democratic Party
Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Majority Whip
Ernesto Ramos Antonini	1941	1943	PPD
Ernesto Ramos Antonini	1945	1949	PPD
Hernán Padilla Ramírez	1969	1973	PNP
José R. Morales	1973	1977	PPD	Olga Cruz de Nigaglioni
David Urbina Urbina	1977	1978	PNP	Celia V. Monrouzeau Martínez
José N. Granados Navedos	1978	1982	PNP	Celia V. Monrouzeau Martínez
José R. Jarabo Alvarez	1982	1985	PPD
Presby Santiago García	1985	1993	PPD	Héctor López Galarza
Néstor Aponte Hernández	1993	1997	PNP	Ángel Cintrón García
Pedro Figueroa Costas	1997	1999	PNP	Edwin Mundo Ríos
Ángel Cintrón García	1999	2001	PNP	Iris M. Ruiz Class
Roberto Maldonado Vélez	2001	2004	PPD	Héctor Ferrer Ríos
Iris M. Ruiz Class	2005	2009	PNP	María L. Ramos Rivera
Rolando Crespo Arroyo	2009	2011	PNP	Ángel Pérez Otero
Carlos J. Méndez Núñez	2011	2013	PNP	Ángel Pérez Otero
Charlie Hernández	2013	2017	PPD	Carlos Bianchi Angleró
Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló	2017	present	PNP	Urayoán Hernández

Minority leaders

Liberal Party New Progressive Party Popular Democratic Party Puerto Rican Independence Party
Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Whip
Manuel Martínez Dávila	1933	1934	Liberal
Ernesto Ramos Antonini	1934	1937	Liberal
Ernesto Ramos Antonini	1943	1945	PPD
Leopoldo Figueroa Carreras	1950	1967	Statehood Republican	Baldomero Roig Vélez
Baldomero Roig Vélez	1967	1969	Statehood Republican
Luis E. Ramos Yordán	1969	1973	PPD	Olga Cruz de Nigaglioni
Angel Viera Martínez	1973	1977	PNP	Hernán Padilla Ramírez
Severo Colberg Ramírez	1977	1981	PPD	José R. Jarabo Alvarez
	1981	1982	PPD
Angel Viera Martínez	1982	1983	PNP	José N. Granados Navedos
José N. Granados Navedos	1983	1989	PNP	Edison Misla Aldarondo
Edison Misla Aldarondo	1989	1993	PNP	Carlos J. López Nieves
Alfonso López Chaar	1993	1994	PPD	Rolando Ortiz Velázquez
José E. Arrarás Mir	1994	1995	PPD	Severo E. Colberg Toro
Severo E. Colberg Toro	1995	1997	PPD	Ferdinand Lugo González
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá	1997	2001	PPD	Roberto Cruz Rodríguez
Víctor García San Inocencio	1997	2009	PIP	N/A
Edison Misla Aldarondo	2001	2002	PNP	Iris M. Ruiz Class
Aníbal Vega Borges	2002	2005	PNP	Iris M. Ruiz Class
Héctor Ferrer Ríos	2005	2012	PPD	Luis R. Torres Cruz
Luis R. Torres Cruz	2012	2013	PPD
Jenniffer González	2013	2017	PNP	Johnny Méndez
Tatito Hernández	2017	present	PPD