List of presidents of the New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)

The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico was founded in 1967. Since then, the party has been led by 12 different presidents in 16 terms of leadership. Every president of the political party has held a position in the Puerto Rican government. The first party president was Luis A. Ferré, who served from 1967 to 1974. The presidents who served twice are: Carlos Romero Barceló, who served from 1974 to 1987 and again from 1989 to 1991, Pedro Rosselló, who served from 1991 to 1999 and again from 2003 to 2008 and Carlos Pesquera who served from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2001 to 2003, and the current president of the New Progressive Party is Pedro Pierluisi and Governor of Puerto Rico, who served from January 2013 to June 2016, and from August 2020 to present.

List of presidents

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# Portrait Name Term start Term end Previous public posts
1   Luis A. Ferré August 20, 1967 October 7, 1974 President of the Puerto Rico Senate
Governor
2   Carlos Romero Barceló October 7, 1974 June 20, 1987 Mayor of San Juan
Governor
Resident Commissioner
3   Baltasar Corrada del Río June 20, 1987 January 11, 1988 Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
Mayor of San Juan
Secretary of State
Associate Justice of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court
4   Ramón Luis Rivera January 11, 1988 January 2, 1989 Member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives
Mayor of Bayamón
5   Carlos Romero Barceló January 2, 1989 March 23, 1991 Mayor of San Juan
Governor
Resident Commissioner
6   Pedro Rosselló March 23, 1991 September 10, 1999 Governor
Puerto Rico Senate
7   Carlos Pesquera September 10, 1999 February 17, 2000 Secretary of Transportation
8   Norma Burgos February 17, 2000 January 2, 2001 Secretary of State
Member of the Puerto Rico Senate
9   Leonides Díaz Urbina January 2, 2001 April 5, 2001 Member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives
10   Carlos Pesquera April 5, 2001 October 14, 2003 Secretary of Transportation
11   Pedro Rosselló October 14, 2003 December 21, 2008 Governor
Puerto Rico Senate
12   Luis Fortuño December 21, 2008 January 2, 2013 Resident Commissioner
Governor
13   Pedro Pierluisi January 2, 2013 June 23, 2016 Secretary of Justice
Resident Commissioner
14   Ricardo Rosselló June 23, 2016 July 22, 2019 Governor of Puerto Rico
15 Thomas Rivera Schatz July 22, 2019 August 25, 2020 President Of The Puerto Rican Senate
16   Pedro Pierluisi August 25, 2020 June 11, 2024 Secretary of Justice
Resident Commissioner
Governor
17   Jenniffer González-Colón June 11, 2024 Present Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
Resident Commissioner