List of Secretaries of State of Puerto Rico

Twenty-three people have served as Secretary of State since the adoption of the Constitution of Puerto Rico in 1952.

#	Image	Name	Assumed office	Left office	Party	Affiliation
1		Roberto Sánchez Vilella	1952	1964	PPD	Democrat
2		Carlos J. Lastra	1965	1966	PPD	Democrat
3		Guillermo Irizarry	1966	1969	PPD	Democrat
4		Carlos Fernando Chardón	1969	1973	PNP	Republican
5		Victor M. Pons	1973	1974	PPD	Democrat
6		Juan A. Albors	1975	1977	PPD	Democrat
7		Reinaldo Paniagua Diez	1977	1979	PNP	Democrat
8		Pedro R. Vazquez	1979	1981	PNP	Democrat
9		Carlos Quiros	1981	1985	PNP	Republican
10		Héctor Luis Acevedo	1985	1988	PPD	Democrat
11		Alfonso Lopez Char	1988	1988	PPD	Democrat
12		Sila M. Calderon	1988	1990	PPD	Democrat
13		Antonio J. Colorado	1990	1992	PPD	Democrat
14		Salvador M. Padilla Escabi	1992	1992	PPD	Democrat
15		Baltasar Corrada del Rio	1993	1995	PNP	Republican
16		Norma Burgos	1995	1999	PNP	Republican
17		Angel Morey	1999	2001	PNP	Democrat
18		Ferdinand Mercado	2001	2004	PPD	Democrat
19		Jose Izquierdo Encarnacion	2004	2 January 2005	PPD	Democrat
20		Marisara Pont Marchese	2 January 2005	1 March 2005	PPD	Democrat
21		Fernando J. Bonilla	March 2005	2 January 2009	PPD	Democrat
22		Kenneth D. McClintock	2 January 2009	2 January 2013	PNP	Democrat
23		David Bernier	2 January 2013	30 October 2015	PPD	Democrat
24		Víctor Suárez Meléndez[lower-alpha 1]	9 December 2015	Incumbent	PPD	Democrat

Notes

1. Javier González served as acting secretary of state after Bernie's resignation and until Suárez' appointment.

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