The Solicitor General of Puerto Rico ( es, Procurador General de Puerto Rico) is the
attorney who represents the
Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and unincorporated ...
in all civil and criminal matters in which it is a party or has an interest, and which are handled on appeal or in any other manner in any
territorial court of Puerto Rico,
U.S. federal court, or state/territorial court of another jurisdiction.
The Solicitor General reports directly to the
Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico
The secretary of justice of Puerto Rico ( es, Secretario de Justicia de Puerto Rico) (known as the attorney general of Puerto Rico prior to the Constitution of Puerto Rico in 1952) is the chief legal officer and the attorney general of the gover ...
and leads the Office of the Solicitor General of Puerto Rico.
The current Solicitor General is
Fernando Figueroa Santiago.
Solicitors General
* 1959-1967:
Juan B. Fernandez-Badillo
* 1968-1969: Rafael Rivera Cruz
* 1969-1972:
Gilberto Gierbolini-Ortiz
* 1973-1976: Miriam Naveira de Rodón
* 1977-1982: Héctor Rivera Cruz
* 1985-1989: Rafael Ortiz Carrión
* 1989–1991:
Jorge E. Pérez-Díaz
* 1991-1992:
Anabelle Rodríguez Rodríguez
* 1993-1996:
Pedro A. Delgado Hernández
* 1997-1999: Carlos Lugo Fiol
* 1999-2000:
Gustavo A. Gelpí
* 2000-2000: Luis Cotto Roman
* 2001-2004:
Roberto Sánchez Ramos
Roberto Sánchez Ramos (born 1960 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico and former Attorney General of Puerto Rico, appointed in 2005 by Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá. Before becoming Attorney General, Sanche ...
* 2005-2008: Salvador J. Antonetti Stutts
* 2008-2008:
Maite Oronoz Rodríguez
Maite Oronoz Rodríguez (born 1976) is a Puerto Rican jurist and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. Oronoz Rodríguez is Puerto Rico's first openly gay chief justice.
Early years and education
Oronoz Rodríguez earned her bac ...
* 2009-2010: Irene Soroeta Kodesh
* 2011-2012: Luis R. Román Negrón
* 2013–2017:
Margarita Mercado Echegaray
* 2017–2018: Luis R. Román Negrón
* 2018–2020: Isaías Sánchez Báez
* 2021-current:
Fernando Figueroa Santiago
References
{{government of Puerto Rico
Department of Justice of Puerto Rico