Marisara Pont Marchese (born October 29, 1941) served as the 20th

Secretary of State of Puerto Rico The secretary of state of Puerto Rico ( es, Secretario de Estado de Puerto Rico) leads all efforts that promote the cultural, political, and economical relations between Puerto Rico and foreign countries, and other jurisdictions of the United S ...

, as well as

Acting Governor An acting governor is a person who acts in the role of governor. In Commonwealth jurisdictions where the governor is a vice-regal position, the role of "acting governor" may be filled by a lieutenant governor (as in most Australian states) or an ...

in the absence of

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Aníbal Acevedo Vilá Aníbal Salvador Acevedo Vilá (born 13 February 1962) is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer. He served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 2005 to 2009. He is a Harvard University alumnus (LL.M. 1987) and a graduate of the University of Puer ...

and the only one whose recess term ended when denied legislative confirmation. She is a public relations consultant in

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and has held several public and partisan offices over the years. She was a member of the

University of Puerto Rico The University of Puerto Rico ( es, Universidad de Puerto Rico, UPR) is the main public university system in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It is a government-owned corporation with 11 campuses and approximately 58,000 students and 5,3 ...

's Board of Trustees, appointed in 2001. In 2005, she served for 5 months as the third woman and 20th

under a recess appointment by Governor Acevedo-Vilá. However, after winning Senate confirmation under the presidency of Kenneth McClintock, who would subsequently serve as the 22nd

, her nomination was rejected by the House in May of that year. Under the

Constitution of Puerto Rico The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, Constitución del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico) is the controlling government document of Puerto Rico. It is composed of nine articles detailing the structure of the government a ...

, the Secretary of State is the only Cabinet member requiring confirmation by both houses of the Legislature, by virtue of the fact that the Secretary exercises the role of lieutenant governor.http://www.constitution.org/cons/puertorico-eng.htm Article IV, Sections 7 & 8

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