Assistant party leaders of the Senate of Puerto Rico
Majority Whip of the Senate of Puerto Rico PPD Leader | |
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Style | Senator |
Minority Whip of the Senate of Puerto Rico PNP Leader | |
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Style | Senator |
Minority Whip of the Senate of Puerto Rico MVC Leader | |
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Style | Senator |
The Assistant Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate of Puerto Rico (commonly called Majority Whip and Minority Whip) are two Puerto Rican Senators who are elected by the party conferences that hold the majority and the minority respectively. These leaders substitute the Majority and Minority leaders in their absence.
Current assistant leaders
The Senate is currently composed of 12 senators from the
The incumbent whips are senators at-large Gretchen Marie Hau Irizarry (from the PPD), Carmelo Ríos Santiago (from the PNP), and Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl (from the MVC).
List of party whips
The "Majority" column indicates which party was the majority in the Senate, while the opposing column indicates the minority. The PIP is usually a minority with just one senator, which also precludes it from having an assistant leader.
Senate | Dates | PNP Whip | Majority | PPD Whip | PIP Whip | MVC Whip |
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1st | 1949–1953 | PPD Maj → | N/A | |||
2nd | 1953–1957 | |||||
3rd | 1957–1961 | N/A | ||||
4th | 1961–1965 | |||||
5th | 1965–1969 | |||||
6th | 1969–1973 | |||||
7th | 1973–1977 | Sila Nazario de Ferrer | ||||
8th | 1977–1981 | ← PNP Maj | N/A | |||
9th | 1981–1985 | PPD Maj → | ||||
10th | 1985–1989 | |||||
11th | 1989–1993 | N/A | ||||
12th | 1993–1997 | ← PNP Maj | ||||
13th | 1997–2001 | |||||
14th | 2001–2005 | Orlando Parga | PPD Maj → | |||
15th | 2005 | Guayama )
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← PNP Maj | Sila Mari González
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2005–2009 | Mayagüez )
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16th | 2009–2013 | Lucy Arce (At-large)
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Eduardo Bhatia (At-large) | N/A | ||
17th | 2013–2017 | Bayamón )
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PPD Maj → | Rossana López León (At-large) | N/A | |
18th | 2017–2021 | Arecibo )
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PNP Maj ← | Humacao )
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N/A | |
19th | 2017–2021 | Bayamón )
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PPD Minority control → | Guayama )
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N/A | Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl |
Senate | Dates | PNP Whip | Majority | PPD Whip | PIP Whip | MVC Whip |