The Comptroller of Puerto Rico is a constitutionally-created office charged with carrying out post-audits of the use of public funds in

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. The Comptroller is appointed by the

Governor of Puerto Rico The governor of Puerto Rico ( es, gobernador de Puerto Rico) is the head of government of the Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and commander-in-chief of the Puerto Rico National Guard. The governor has a duty ...

and requires the

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of both the

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as well as the

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for a term of office of ten years and until a successor is nominated, confirmed and qualified. Former Comptroller Manuel Díaz Saldaña's was the longest-serving comptroller, having served almost 13 years, until his successor, Yesmín Valdivieso, was appointed by Governor

Luis Fortuño Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset (born 31 October 1960) is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, from 2009 to 2013. Fortuño served as the first secretary of econom ...

, confirmed and sworn in.

Comptrollers

The following people have served as comptrollers: style="margin: 0 auto" ! scope=col, # ! scope=col, Portrait ! scope=col, Name ! scope=col, Took office ! scope=col, Left office ! scope=col, Appointer , - ! scope=row, 1 , , Rafael de J. Cordero Orta , 1952 , 1961 ,

Luis Muñoz Marín José Luis Alberto Muñoz Marín (February 18, 1898April 30, 1980) was a Puerto Rican journalist, politician, statesman and was the first elected governor of Puerto Rico, regarded as the "Architect of the Puerto Rico Commonwealth." In 1948 he ...

, - ! scope=row, 2 , , Justo Nieves Torres , 1961 , 1971 ,

, - ! scope=row, 3 , , Basilio Santiago Romero , 1971 , 1977 ,

Luis A. Ferré Don Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo (February 17, 1904 October 20, 2003) was a Puerto Rican engineer, industrialist, politician, philanthropist, and a patron of the arts. He was the governor of Puerto Rico from 1969 to 1973. He was the founder of the ...

, - ! scope=row, 4 , , Ramón Rivera Marrero , 1978 , 1986 ,

Carlos Romero Barceló Carlos Antonio Romero Barceló (September 4, 1932 – May 2, 2021) was a Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 1977 to 1985. He was the second governor to be elected from the New Progressive Party (PNP). He al ...

, - ! scope=row, 5 , , Luis M. Malpica , 1986 , 1987 ,

Rafael Hernández Colón Rafael Hernández Colón (October 24, 1936 – May 2, 2019) was a Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 1973 to 1977 and 1985 to 1993 for a total of three terms. An experienced politician, Hernández held the ...

, - ! scope=row, 6 , , Ileana Colón Carlo , 1987 , 1997 ,

, - ! scope=row, 7 , ,

Manuel Díaz Saldaña Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manu ...

, 1997 , 2010 ,

Pedro Rosselló Pedro Juan Rosselló González, (; born April 5, 1944) is a Puerto Rican physician and politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001. He was President of the New Progressive Party from 1991 to 1999 and 2003 to 2008, a ...

, - ! scope=row, 8 , , Yesmín M. Valdivieso , 2010 , present ,

, - The term of Yesmín M. Valdivieso was supposed to end in 2020 and governor

Wanda Vázquez Garced Wanda Emilia Vázquez Garced (born July 9, 1960) is a Puerto Rican politician and attorney who served as Governor of Puerto Rico from 2019 to 2021. Prior to her tenure as governor, she served as the 19th secretary of Justice, from 2017 to 201 ...

unsuccessfully nominated

Osvaldo Soto García Osvaldo Soto García was Wanda Vazquez's nominee for Comptroller of Puerto Rico until he asked the governor to retire his nomination in September 2020. Biography Between 2006 and 2009, Soto García worked as a reporter for the WKAQ 580 AM radi ...

for the position. In 2021 governor

Pedro Pierluisi Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia (born April 26, 1959) is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer currently serving as governor of Puerto Rico. He has previously served as Secretary of Justice, Resident Commissioner, acting Secretary of State, i ...

nominated Manuel Torres Nieves to the post but he has yet to be confirmed to the post by the Senate.

References

Legislative branch of the government of Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-stub