Puerto Rico Department of Treasury

Department of Treasury of Puerto Rico
Agency overview
Formed 1811 (205 years ago)
Type Executive department
Jurisdiction executive branch
Headquarters San Juan, Puerto Rico
Agency executive
Child agency
Key documents
Website www.hacienda.gobierno.pr
Footnotes
Dates back to the Cádiz Cortes. Few historic documents of that era remain.

The Department of Treasury of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Departamento de Hacienda de Puerto Rico) is the executive department of the government of Puerto Rico responsible for the treasury of Puerto Rico. It is one of the constitutionally-created executive departments and is headed by a Secretary.[1]

The Department collects taxes, operates the Puerto Rico Lottery, and serves as the central disbursement agency of the government.

Agencies

Secretary

  • 19171922: José E. Benedicto
  • 19221923: Ramón Aboy
  • 19231924: J.W. Bonner
  • 19241929: Juan G. Gallardo
  • 19301935: Manuel V. Domenech
  • 19351940: Rafael Sancho Bonet
  • 19411948: Rafael Buscaglia
  • 19491955: Sol Luis Descartes
  • 19551958: Rafael Picó
  • 19581963: José R. Noguera
  • 19641968: Jorge Font Saldaña
  • 19691970: Ángel M. Rivera
  • 19701971: Ángel M. Martín
  • 19711972: Wallace González Oliver
  • 19721973: Raymond J. González
  • 19731976: Salvador E. Casellas
  • 19761981: Julio César Pérez
  • 19811984: Carmen Ana Culpeper
  • 19851989: Juan Agosto Alicea
  • 19891992: Ramón García Santiago
  • 19921993: Ángel Rivera
  • 19931997: Manuel Díaz Saldaña
  • 19972000: Xenia Vélez Silva
  • 20012004: Juan A. Flores Galarza
  • 20052007: Juan C. Méndez Torres
  • 20082008: Ángel A. Ortiz García
  • 20082009: José G. Dávila Matos
  • 20092013: Jesús F. Méndez
  • 2013present: Melba Acosta Febo

External links

References

  1. "Plan de Reorganización Núm. 3 de 1994". Government of Puerto Rico. Archived from Reorganization the original Check |url= value (help) on August 23, 2004. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
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