Jenniffer González-Colón was elected Governor on November 5, 2024.  Prior to this election González-Colón served as Puerto Rico’s sole Representative to the U.S. Congress, known as Resident Commissioner, and was…

Pedro Pierluisi was elected as Puerto Rico’s Governor on November 3rd, 2020. He is an attorney from San Juan with over 35 years of experience in both the public and…

On August 7, 2019, Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced was sworn in as the second female governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. In 2017, she was appointed Secretary of Justice…

LUIS MUÑOZ MARÍN was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on February 18, 1898. Just a few months later, the United States captured Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War. Marín’s…

ROBERTO SANCHEZ-VILELLA was born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, on February 19, 1913. He graduated from Ohio State University in 1934 with a Bachelor of Arts in civil engineering. Public offices…

LUIS A. FERRE was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on February 17, 1904. He received both a B.S. and M.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1924 and 1925, respectively.…

CARLOS ROMERO-BARCELO was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1932. He graduated from Yale University and the University of Puerto Rico School of Law. After establishing a career as…

RAFEAL HERNANDEZ-COLON was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He served as governor of Puerto Rico (1973-1977, 1985-1993). An honors graduate of Johns Hopkins University (1956) and the University of Puerto…

PEDRO ROSSELLÓ is a native of San Juan. He graduated in 1966 from the University of Notre Dame and in 1970 earned an M.D. from Yale. In 1976 he entered…

SILA M. CALDERÓN graduated with honors in 1964 from Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government. She later attended the Graduate School of…