17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
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| Legislative body | Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||
| Term | January 2, 2013 – January 1, 2017 | ||||||||||||
| Election |
November 6, 2012
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| 25th Senate | |||||||||||||
| Members | 27 | ||||||||||||
| President | Eduardo Bhatia | ||||||||||||
| President pro tem | José Luis Dalmau | ||||||||||||
| Majority Leader | Aníbal José Torres | ||||||||||||
| Majority Whip | Rossana López León | ||||||||||||
| Minority Leader | Larry Seilhamer | ||||||||||||
| Minority Whip | Carmelo Ríos | ||||||||||||
| 29th House of Representatives | |||||||||||||
| Members | 51 | ||||||||||||
| Speaker | Jaime Perelló | ||||||||||||
| Speaker pro tem | Roberto Rivera | ||||||||||||
| Majority Leader | Charlie Hernández | ||||||||||||
| Majority Whip | Eduardo Ferrer | ||||||||||||
| Minority Leader | Jenniffer González | ||||||||||||
| Minority Whip | Carlos Méndez | ||||||||||||
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The 17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico is the current session of the Puerto Rican legislature that began meeting on January 14, 2013 and is expected to meet until to 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 have a majority of members from the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).
The house sessions are composed by the 25th Senate of Puerto Rico and the 29th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico.
Leadership
Senate
House of Representatives
| Office | District | Representative | Party |
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| Speaker of the House | At-Large | to be determined | PPD |
| Speaker Pro Tem | to be determined | to be determined | PPD |
| Majority Leader | At-large | to be determined | PPD |
| to be determined | to be determined | PPD | |
| Minority Leader | At-Large | to be determined | PNP |
Members
Senate
Main article: 25th Senate of Puerto Rico
House
Main article: 29th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
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