Secretary of Education of Puerto Rico


The secretary of education of Puerto Rico is responsible for the development and management of all educational matters in the government of Puerto Rico and heads the Department of Education.
There have been three types of secretaries in the history of Puerto Rico. The first were the education commissioners established in 1899 after Puerto Rico was succeeded to the United States from Spain. The second were the secretaries of public instruction after the predecessor of the Department of Education the Department of Public Instruction was formally established by law. Today Puerto Rico has secretaries of education after the Department of Public Instruction was reorganized and renamed as the Department of Education.
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List of former and current secretaries

Secretaries of education

#PortraitNameTerm startTerm endPolitical party
1José Lema Moya19891991PPD
2Celeste Benítez Rivera19911992PPD
3Annabelle Padilla Rodríguez19931993PNP
4José Arsenio Torres19931994PNP
5Víctor Fajardo19942000PNP
6César Rey Hernández20012004PPD
7Rafael Aragunde Torres20052008PPD
8Carlos A. Chardón20092009PNP
9Odette Piñeiro Caballero20092010PNP
10Jesús Rivera Sánchez20102011PNP
11Edward Moreno20112012PNP
12Rafael Román Meléndez20132017PPD
13Julia Keleher20172019PNP
14Eligio Hernandez Perez20192020PNP
15Elba Aponte Santos20212021PNP
16Magaly Rivera Rivera20212021PNP
17Eliezer Ramos Parés20212023PNP
18Yanira Raíces Vega20232025PNP
19Eliezer Ramos Parés2025currentPNP