List of Presidents of the Senate of Puerto Rico

This is a list of people that have held the post of President of the Senate of Puerto Rico. The Senate has elected its own President from more than 99 years since the Jones–Shafroth Act formally established the post on March 2, 1917.^[1]

Union Party Republican Party New Progressive Party Popular Democratic Party
#	President	Date it took office	Date it left office	Political party	President pro-tempore
1	Antonio R. Barceló (1868–1938)	1917	1929	Union	Eduardo Georgetti 1917-1921 Juan Hernández López 1921-1924 Luis Sánchez Morales 1926-1929
2	Luis Sánchez Morales (1867–1934)	1929	1933	Republican	Celestino Iriarte Miró
3	Rafael Martínez Nadal (1877–1941)	1933	1941	Republican	Bolívar Pagán 1933-1940 Luis Padrón Rivera 1940-1941
4	Luis Muñoz Marín (1898–1980)	1941	1949	PPD	Francisco M. Susoni Abreu 1941-1944 Samuel R. Quiñones 1945-1949
5	Samuel R. Quiñones (1904–1976)	1949	1969	PPD	Luis Negrón López
6	Rafael Hernández Colón (b. 1936)	1969	1973	PPD	Juan J. Cancel Ríos
7	Juan J. Cancel Ríos (1925–1992)	1973	1977	PPD	Miguel Hernández Agosto
8	Luis A. Ferré Aguayo (1904–2003)	1977	1981	PNP	Manuel Ramos Barroso
9	Miguel Hernández Agosto (b. 1927)	1981	1993	PPD	Sergio Peña Clos 1981-1988 Miguel Deynes Soto 1989-1993
10	Roberto Rexach Benítez (1929–2012)	1993	1997	PNP	Nicolás Nogueras Cartagena 1993-1995 Luisa Lebrón de Rivera 1995-1997
11	Charles A. Rodríguez Colón (b. 1954)	1997	2001	PNP	Aníbal Marrero Pérez 1997-2000 Luz Z. Arce Ferrer 2000-2001
12	Antonio Fas Alzamora (b. 1948)	2001	2005	PPD	Velda González de Modestti
13	Kenneth D. McClintock Hernández (b. 1957)	2005	2009	PNP	Orlando Parga Figueroa
14	Thomas Rivera Schatz (b. 1966)	2009	2013	PNP	Margarita Nolasco Santiago
15	Eduardo Bhatia (b. 1964)	2013	present	PPD	José Luis Dalmau

References

Years in Puerto Rico (1899–present)

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