List of Governors of Puerto Rico

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Since 1949, the Governor of Puerto Rico has been elected by the people of Puerto Rico to a four year term. Before 1949 the Governor of Puerto Rico was appointed by Spain (during Spanish rule) or by the President of the United States. The Governor's residence is known as La Fortaleza.

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[edit] List of Governors of Puerto Rico

[edit] Governors under Spanish Crown

  • 1508 - 1511 Capt. Gen Don Juan Ponce de León - Established the Caparra settlement.
  • 1511 - 1513 Juan Ceron
  • 1513 - 1514 Rodrigo Moscoso
  • 1514 - 1515 Capt. Gen Cristóbal de Mendoza
  • 1515 - 1519 Capt. Gen Don Juan Ponce de León
  • 1519 Sánchez Velázquez
  • 1519 - 1521 Antonio de la Gama
  • 1521 - 1523 Pedro Moreno
  • 1523 - 1524 Bishop Alonso Manso
  • 1524 - 1529 Pedro Moreno
  • 1529 - 1530 Antonio de la Gama
  • 1530 - 1536 Lt. Gen Francisco Manuel de Landó
  • 1536 - 1537 Vasco De Tiedra
  • 1537 - 1544 Vasco De Tiedra
  • 1544 Jerónimo Lebron de Quinones
  • 1544 - 1546 Lcdo.Iñigo López Cervantes De Loaisa
  • 1546 - 1548 Lcdo.Diego De Caraza
  • 1548 - 1550 Diego De Caraza
  • 1550 - 1555 Luis De Vallejo
  • 1555 Lcdo. Alonso Esteves
  • 1555 - 1561 Lcdo. Diego De Caraza
  • 1561 - 1564 Antonio De la Llama Vallejo
  • 1564 - 1568 Francisco Bahamonde De Lugo
  • 1568 - 1574 Francisco Solís
  • 1575 - 1579 Francisco De Obando Y Mexia
  • 1580 Jerónimo De Agüero Campuzano
  • 1580 - 1581 Capt. Gen Juan De Céspedes
  • 1581 - 1582 Capt. Gen Juan López Melgarejo - requested Juan Ponce de León II to write a general description of the West Indies with emphasis on the part corresponding to Puerto Rico which became known as Memorias de Melgarejo.
  • 1582 - 1593 Capt. Gen Diego Menéndez de Valdés
  • 1593 - 1597 Col. Pedro Suárez
  • 1597 Juan Ponce de León II - Temporary governor, first native Puerto Rican to become governor.
  • 1597 - 1598 Capt. Gen Antonio De Mosquero
  • 1599 - 1602 Capt. Gen Alonso De Mercado
  • 1602 - 1608 Capt. Gen Sancho Ochoa De Castro, Conde de Salvatierra
  • 1608 - 1614 Capt. Gen Gabriel De Roxas Paramo
  • 1614 - 1620 Capt. Gen Felipe De Beaumont y Navarra
  • 1620 - 1625 Juan De Vargas
  • 1625 - 1630 Capt. Gen Juan De Haro y Sanvitores
  • 1631 - 1635 Capt. Gen Enrique Enriquez De Sotomayor
  • 1635 - 1641 Capt. Gen Iñigo De La Mota Sarmiento
  • 1641 Capt. Gen Agustín De Silva y Figueroa
  • 1642 - 1643 Capt. Gen Juan De Bolaños
  • 1643 - 1648 Fernando De La Riva AgÜero y Setien
  • 1649 - 1655 Diego De Aguilera y Gamboa
  • 1655 - 1660 José Novoa y Moscoso Perez y Buitron
  • 1660 - 1664 Capt. Gen Juan Pérez De Guzmán y Chagoyen
  • 1664 - 1670 Jerónimo De Velasco
  • 1670 - 1674 Gaspar De Arteaga y Aunoavidao
  • 1674 Diego Roblandillo
  • 1674 Capt. Gen Baltazar Figueroa y Castilla
  • 1675 - 1678 Alonso de Campos y Espinosa
  • 1678 - 1683 Juan De Robles Lorenzana
  • 1683 - 1685 Capt. Gen Gaspar Martinez De Andino
  • 1685 - 1690 Juan Francisco Medina
  • 1690 - 1695 Gaspar De Arredondo y Valle
  • 1695 - 1697 Juan Francisco Medina
  • 1697 - 1698 Tomas Franco
  • 1698 - 1699 Antonio de Robles Silva
  • 1700 - 1703 Gabriel Suárez De Ribera
  • 1703 Diego Jimenez de Villarán
  • 1703 Francisco Sánchez Calderon (Governor)
  • 1704 - 1705 Pedro Arroyo y Guerrero
  • 1706 Juan Francisco Morla
  • 1706 - 1708 Francisco Granados
  • 1709 - 1715 Col. Juan De Ribera
  • 1716 José Francisco Carreño
  • 1716 - 1720 Alfonso Bortodano
  • 1720 - 1724 Francisco Danio Granados
  • 1724 - 1730 Capt. Gen José Antonio De Mendizabal y Azcue
  • 1731 - 1743 Lt. Col. Matías De Abadía
  • 1743 - 1744 Domingo Pérez De Mandares
  • 1744 - 1750 Col. Juan José Colomo
  • 1750 - 1751 Col. Agustín De Parejas
  • 1751 - 1753 Lt. Col. Esteban Bravo De Rivero
  • 1753 - 1757 Capt. Gen Felipe Ramírez De Estenos
  • 1757 - 1759 Esteban Bravo De Rivero
  • 1759 - 1760 Mateo De Guaso Calderón
  • 1760 - 1761 Esteban Bravo De Rivero
  • 1761 - 1766 Lt. Col. Ambrosio De Benavides
  • 1766 Col. Marcos De Vergara
  • 1766 - 1770 Lt. Col. José Trentor
  • 1770 - 1776 Col. Miguel De Musesas
  • 1776 - 1783 Col. José Dufresne
  • 1783 - 1789 Field Marshall Don Juan Andres Daban y Busterino
  • 1789 Francisco Torralbo
  • 1789 - 1792 Brigadier Gen Miguel Antonio De Ustariz
  • 1792 - 1794 Francisco Torralbo
  • 1794 - 1795 Brigadier Gen Enrique Grimarest
  • 1795 - 1804 Field Marshall Don Ramón De Castro y Gutiérrez, Marques de Lorca and Baron of San Pedro
  • 1804 - 1809 Toribo Montes
  • 1809 - 1820 Salvador Meléndez y Ruiz
  • 1820 Brigadier Gen Juan Vasco y Pascual
  • 1820 - 1822 Gonzalo Arostegui y Herrera
  • 1822 José Navarro
  • 1822 Francisco González Linares
  • 1822 - 1837 Lt. Gen. Miguel Luciano De La Torre y Pando
  • 1837 - 1838 Francisco Javier de Moreda y Prieto
  • 1838 - 1841 Field Marshall Miguel López De Baños
  • 1841 - 1844 Lt. Gen. Santiago Méndez de Vigo
  • 1844 - 1847 Lt. Gen. Rafael De Aristegui y Velez, Conde de Mirasol
  • 1847 - 1848 Field Marshall Don Juan Prim de Prats y Gonzalez, Count of Reus, Viscount del Bruchl, Marquis of los Castillejos- later became Prime Minister of Spain
  • 1848 - 1851 Lt. Gen. Juan De La Pezuela y Cevallos, Marques de la Pezuela
  • 1851 - 1852 Enrique De España y Taberner, Marques de Espana, Baron de Ramefort
  • 1852 - 1855 Lt. Gen. Fernando De Norzagaray y Escudero
  • 1855 Lt. Gen. Andrés García Gamba
  • 1855 - 1857 Lt. Gen. José Lemery Ibrarrola Ney y Gonzalez
  • 1857 - 1860 Lt. Gen Fernando Cotoner y Chacon
  • 1860 Sabino Gamir Maladen
  • 1860 - 1862 Lt. Gen. Rafael Echague y Bermingham
  • 1862 - 1863 Brigadier Gen Rafael Izquierdo y Gutierrez
  • 1863 - 1865 Lt. Gen. Féliz María De Messina Iglesias
  • 1865 - 1867 Lt. Gen José María Marchessi y Oleaga
  • 1867 - 1868 Gen. Julián Juan Pavia Lacy
  • 1868 - 1870 Gen. José Laureano Sanz y Posse
  • 1870 - 1871 Lt. Gen. Gabriel Baldrich
  • 1871 - 1872 Gen. Ramón Gómez Pulido
  • 1872 Gen. Simón De La Torre Ormaza
  • 1872 - 1873 Brigadier Gen Joaquín Eurile Hernan
  • 1873 Lt. Gen. Juan Martínez Plowes
  • 1873 - 1874 Gen. Rafael Primo De Rivera y Sobremonte
  • 1875 Gen. José Laureano Sanz y Posse
  • 1875 - 1877 Gen. Segundo De La Portilla Gutierrez
  • 1877 - 1878 Gen. Manuel De La Serna Hernandez y Pinzón, Marques de Irun
  • 1878 Gen. José Gamir Maladen
  • 1878 - 1881 Gen. Eulogio Despujols y Dussay, Conde de Caspe
  • 1881 - 1883 Gen. Segundo De La Portilla Gutierrez
  • 1883 - 1884 Gen. Miguel De La Vega Inclán y Palma, Marques de la Vega Inclan
  • 1884 Gen. Don Carlos Suances Campos
  • 1884 Gen. Ramón Fajardo Izquierdo
  • 1884 - 1887 Gen. Luis Daban y Ramírez De Arellanó
  • 1887 Gen. Romualdo Palacios Gonzalez
  • 1887 - 1888 Gen. Juan Contreras Martinez
  • 1888 - 1890 Gen. Pedro Ruiz Dana
  • 1890 Brigadier Gen José Pascual Bonanza
  • 1890 - 1893 Gen. José Lasso y Pérez
  • 1893 - 1895 Gen. Luis Daban y Ramírez De Arrellanó
  • 1895 - 1896 Gen. José Gamir
  • 1896 Gen. Emilio March
  • 1896 - 1898 Gen. Sabas Marín Gonzalez
  • 1898 Gen. Ricardo De Ortega y Diez
  • Gen. Andrés González Muñoz
  • 1898 Gen. Ricardo De Ortega y Diez
  • 1898 Gen. Manuel Macías Casado
  • 1898 Gen. Ricardo De Ortega y Diez

[edit] Governors under U.S. colonial administration

[edit] Military Government

Name Took Office Left Office
Commanding General Nelson A. Miles 1898 1898
Maj. Gen. John R. Brooke 1898 1898
Maj. Gen. Guy Vernor Henry 1898 1899
Brigadier George Whitefield Davis 1899 1900

[edit] Post-Foraker Act of 1900

Name Took Office Left Office Notes
Charles Herbert Allen 1900 1901 first U.S. civil governor appointed by President William McKinley
William Henry Hunt 1901 1904
Beekman Winthrop 1904 1907
Regis Henri Post 1907 1909
George Radcliffe Colton 1909 1913
Arthur Yager 1913 1921
José E. Benedicto 1921 1921 Interim governor
Emmet Montgomery Reily 1921 1923
Juan Bernardo Huyke 1923 1923
Horace Mann Towner 1923 1929
James R. Beverley 1929 1929
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. 1929 1932
James R. Beverley 2nd Term 1932 1933
Robert Hayes Gore 1933 1934
Benjamin Jason Horton 1934 1934
Gen. Blanton C. Winship 1934 1939
José E. Colón 1939 1939 Interim governor
William D. Leahy 1939 1940
José Miguel Gallardo 1940 1941 Interim governor
Guy J. Swope 1941 1941
José Miguel Gallardo 1941 1941 Interim governor
Rexford Guy Tugwell 1941 1946
Jesús Toribio Piñero 1946 1949 first native Puerto Rican governor appointed under U.S colonial administration
Luis Muñoz Marín 1949 1965 first democratically elected governor (Partido Popular Democrático)

[edit] Governors under the 1952 Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

# Name Took Office Left Office Party
1 Luis Muñoz Marín 1949 1965 Popular Democratic Party
2 Roberto Sánchez Vilella 1965 1969 Popular Democratic Party
3 Luis A. Ferré 1969 1973 New Progressive Party
4 Rafael Hernández Colón 1st Term 1973 1977 Popular Democratic Party
5 Carlos Romero Barceló 1977 1985 New Progressive Party
Rafael Hernández Colón 2nd Term 1985 1993 Popular Democratic Party
6 Pedro Rosselló González 1993 2001 New Progressive Party
7 Sila M. Calderón 2001 2005 Popular Democratic Party
8 Aníbal Acevedo Vilá 2005 Incumbent Popular Democratic Party

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