17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico


The 17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico was the 17th session of the Puerto Rican legislature that met from January 14, 2013 until January 1, 2017. All members of the House of Representatives and the Senate were elected in the General Elections of 2012. The House and the Senate both had a majority of members from the Popular Democratic Party.
The house sessions are composed by the 25th Senate of Puerto Rico and the 29th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico.

Leadership

Senate

OfficeDistrictSenatorParty
PresidentAt-largeEduardo BhatiaPPD
President pro temporeAt-largeJosé Luis DalmauPPD
Majority LeaderAt-largeAníbal José TorresPPD
Majority WhipAt-largeRossana López LeónPPD
Minority LeaderAt-largeLarry Seilhamer RodríguezPNP
Minority WhipDistrict II - BayamónCarmelo RíosPNP

House of Representatives

OfficeDistrictRepresentativeParty
Speaker of the HouseAt-LargeJaime PerellóPPD
Speaker Pro Tem39th DistrictRoberto RiveraPPD
Majority LeaderAt-largeCharlie HernándezPPD
Majority Whip20th DistrictCarlos Bianchi AngleróPPD
Minority LeaderAt-LargeJenniffer GonzálezPNP

Members

Senate

DistrictNamePolitical party
At-largeAngel RosaPPD
At-largeAníbal José TorresPPD
At-largeAntonio Fas AlzamoraPPD
At-largeCirilo TiradoPPD
At-largeEduardo BhatiaPPD
At-largeRossana López LeónPPD
District I San JuanJosé Nadal PowerPPD
District I San JuanRamón Luis NievesPPD
District IV Mayagüez-AguadillaGilberto RodríguezPPD
District IV Mayagüez-AguadillaMaría Teresa GonzálezPPD
District V PonceMartín Vargas MoralesPPD
District V PonceRamón RuizPPD
District VI GuayamaÁngel M. Rodríguez OteroPPD
District VI GuayamaMiguel A. PereiraPPD
District VII HumacaoJorge SuárezPPD
District VII HumacaoJosé Luis DalmauPPD
District VIII CarolinaLuis Daniel RiveraPPD
District VIII CarolinaPedro A. RodríguezPPD
At-largeItzamar PeñaPNP
At-largeLarry Seilhamer RodríguezPNP
At-largeMargarita NolascoPNP
At-largeThomas Rivera SchatzPNP
District II BayamónCarmelo RíosPNP
District II BayamónMigdalia PadillaPNP
District III AreciboÁngel MartínezPNP
District III AreciboJosé Joito PérezPNP
At-largeMaria de Lourdes SantiagoPIP

House

DistrictNamePolitical party
At-largeBrenda López de ArrarásPPD
At-largeCharlie HernándezPPD
At-largeEduardo Ferrer RíosPPD
At-largeJaime PerellóPPD
At-largeJorge Colberg ToroPPD
At-largeLuis Vega RamosPPD
District 2Luis Raúl TorresPPD
District 3Sonia PachecoPPD
District 4José Luis BáezPPD
District 11Rafael "Tatito" HernándezPPD
District 15César HernándezPPD
District 16José "Tony" RodríguezPPD
District 17Armando FrancoPPD
District 19Efraín de JesúsPPD
District 20Carlos Bianchi AngleróPPD
District 21Lydia Méndez SilvaPPD
District 23Nelson Torres YordánPPD
District 25Víctor "Cacho" VassalloPPD
District 27José "Pito" TorresPPD
District 29Carlos Vargas FerrerPPD
District 30Luis "Narmito" OrtízPPD
District 31Jesús Santa RodríguezPPD
District 32José "Conny" VarelaPPD
District 34Ramón Luis CruzPPD
District 35Narden Jaime EspinosaPPD
District 38Javier Aponte DalmauPPD
District 39Roberto Rivera RuízPPD
District 40Ángel Matos GarcíaPPD
At-largeJenniffer GonzálezPNP
At-largeJosé Aponte HernándezPNP
At-largeJosé Enrique MeléndezPNP
At-largeLourdes RamosPNP
At-largeMaría Milagros CharbonierPNP
District 1José "Nuno" LópezPNP
District 5Jorge Navarro SuárezPNP
District 6Antonio "Tony" SotoPNP
District 7Luis Pérez OrtízPNP
District 8Antonio "Toñito" SilvaPNP
District 9Ángel "Gary" RodríguezPNP
District 10Pedro Julio SantiagoPNP
District 12Héctor Torres CalderónPNP
District 13Gabriel Rodríguez AguilóPNP
District 14Ricardo LlerandiPNP
District 18Ángel MuñozPNP
District 22Waldemar Quiles RodríguezPNP
District 24Luis "Tato" LeónPNP
District 26Urayoán HernándezPNP
District 28Rafael "June" RiveraPNP
District 33Ángel PeñaPNP
District 36Carlos "Johnny" MéndezPNP
District 37Ángel BulerínPNP