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Government of Puerto Rico
The Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico (
Spanish : Secretario de Justicia de Puerto Rico ) (known as the Attorney General of Puerto Rico (
Spanish : Procurador general de Puerto Rico ) prior to the
Constitution of Puerto Rico in 1952) is the
chief legal officer and the
attorney general of the
government of Puerto Rico .
Attorneys general
The attorney general was appointed by the
president of the United States and confirmed by the
U.S. Senate .
Secretaries
Under the
Constitution of Puerto Rico , adopted in 1952, the office of Attorney General was renamed to Secretary of Justice. The secretary is appointed by the
Governor of Puerto Rico and confirmed by the
Senate of Puerto Rico .
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1952:
Victor Gutiérrez Franqui
1953–1957:
José Trías Monge
1957–1958:
Juan B. Fernandez-Badillo
1959–1965:
Hiram Rafael Cancio
1965–1967:
Rafael Hernández Colón
1967–1968:
José C. Aponte García
1969–1970:
Santiago C. Soler Favale
1970–1971:
Blás C. Herrero Marrero
1972:
Wallace González Oliver
1973–1975:
Francisco De Jesús-Schuck
1975–1976:
Carlos R. Rios-Gautier
1977–1981:
Miguel A. Giménez Muñoz
1981–1983:
Hector Reichard De Cardona
1983–Sept.1983:
Gerardo Carlo Altieri
Sept.–Dec. 1983:
Carmen Rita Velez Borras
1984–1991:
Héctor Rivera Cruz
1991–1992:
Jorge E. Pérez-Díaz
1993–1997:
Pedro Pierluisi
1997–2000:
José Fuentes Agostini
January 2, 2001 – July 31, 2004:
Anabelle Rodríguez
August 11, 2004 – December 31, 2004:
William Vazquez Irizarry
January 2, 2005 – December 31, 2008:
Roberto Sánchez Ramos
January 2, 2009 – October 24, 2010:
Antonio Sagardía
October 24, 2010 – December 31, 2012:
Guillermo Somoza
January 2, 2013 – December 28, 2013:
Luis Sánchez Betances
January 23, 2014 – January 2, 2017:
César Miranda
January 2, 2017 – August 2, 2019:
Wanda Vázquez Garced
August 2, 2019 – July 16, 2020:
Dennise Longo Quiñones
July 16, 2020 – January 2, 2021:
Inés Del C. Carrau Martínez
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January 2, 2021 – present:
Domingo Emanuelli
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Further reading
References
Political party affiliations
▌ 28
Republicans (27 states, 1 territory)
▌ 25
Democrats (23 states, 1 territory, 1 district)
▌ 1
New Progressive (1 territory)
▌ 2 Unknown (2 territories) An asterisk (*) indicates that the officeholder is serving in an acting capacity. State abbreviations link to position articles.