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Yldefonso Solá Morales Yldefonso may refer to: *Parque Yldefonso Solá Morales, multi-use stadium in Caguas, Puerto Rico *Teófilo Yldefonso (1903–1943), Filipino swimmer in the breaststroke {{Disambiguation ...
(1941–1949) * Santos P. Amadeo the "Champion of Habeas Corpus" * Rubén Berríos Martínez (1973–1977,1985–1989,1993–2000) ''PIP-At Large'' (long-time political activist for the
Puerto Rican independence movement Throughout the history of Puerto Rico, its inhabitants have initiated several movements to obtain independence for the island, first from the Spanish Empire from 1493 to 1898 and since then from the United States. A spectrum of pro-autonomy, ...
, current president of the PIP party) *
Ruth Fernández Ruth Fernández (23 May 1919 – 9 January 2012) was a Puerto Rican contralto and a member of the Puerto Rican Senate. According to the "Comisiones Nacionales para la Celebración del Quinto Centenario" ''(National Commission for the Celebrat ...
(1973–1981), ''PPD-At Large'' (Puerto Rican Singer) * Luis A. Ferré (1977–1984), PNP At-large, Eighth President of the Senate, third elected Governor * Charles H. Juliá *
Fernando Martín García Fernando Martín García is a Puerto Rican politician and former senator. He was a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1989 to 1993, and then from 2000 to 2004. Early years and studies Fernando Martín García finished his elementary an ...
(1989–1993, 2001–2005) ''PIP-At Large'' * Kenneth McClintock (1993–2008) "PNP-At Large", Thirteenth President of the Senate (2005-2008), 22nd Secretary of State (2009-2013) *
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 ...
(1941–48, 1965–70), PPD, Fourth President of the Senate, first elected Governor * Victoria Muñoz Mendoza (1986–1993) ''PPD-At Large'', former PPD 1992 gubernatorial candidate (daughter of
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 ...
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Luis Negrón López Luis Negrón López (April 19, 1909 - September 18, 1991) was a politician from Puerto Rico. Negrón was among the founding members of the Popular Democratic Party ''(PPD)'' and served as Senator and as candidate for Governor of Puerto Rico in ...
, former PPD 1968 gubernatorial candidate, Senate Majority Leader and Vice President * Héctor O'Neill García (1989–1993) ''PNP-Bayamón'' (former mayor of
Guaynabo Guaynabo (, ) is a city, suburb of San Juan and municipality in the northern part of Puerto Rico, located in the northern coast of the island, north of Aguas Buenas, south of Cataño, east of Bayamón, and west of San Juan. Guaynabo is spr ...
) * Miriam J.Ramirez de Ferrer (2000-2004) "PNP- At Large", * Ramón Luis Rivera Cruz (1993–2001) PNP-Bayamón (current mayor of Bayamón) *
Pedro Rosselló González Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for '' Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...
(2005–2009), PNP-Arecibo, former Governor * Jorge Santini Padilla (1997–2001) ''PNP-San Juan'' (former mayor of San Juan) * Alfonso Valdés Cobián


Former senators

The following is a list of former senators of Puerto Rico, along with their years of service and the senatorial district they represented. ; New Progressive Party *
Roberto Arango Roberto Arango-Vinent is an American politician who served in the Senate of Puerto Rico from January 2005 until August 2011 representing the San Juan district for the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico (NPP), which is a conservative group der ...

(2005-2011) ''San Juan'' * Carmen Luz Berríos Rivera
(1997–2001) ''Guayama'' * Norma Carranza de León
(1993–2001,2003–2005) ''Arecibo'' *
David Cruz Vélez David Cruz Vélez was an at-large Puerto Rican Senator from 1989 to 1993. He was the first blind New Progressive Party member to form part of a Cabinet when he was the Ombudsman for Persons with Disabilities of Puerto Rico under governor Pedro ...

(1989–1993) ''At Large'' *
Carlos Dávila López Carlos Dávila López is a Puerto Rican politician from the New Progressive Party (PNP). Dávila served as member of the 21st Senate of Puerto Rico from 1997 to 2001. Completed a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University ...

(1997–2001) ''Humacao'' *
Jorge De Castro Font Jorge Adolfo de Castro-Font (born September 10, 1963) is a former Puerto Rican senator and former member of the House of Representatives. Originally, he was a member of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) but became an independent representativ ...

(2004-2008) "At Large" * Carlos Díaz
(2004-2008) "At Large" * Luis A. Ferré
(1976–1980) "At Large" *
José Garriga Picó José Garriga Picó (born March 19, 1948) is a Puerto Rican politician and former senator affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP). He served as a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 2005 to 2009. Since 1990, Garriga Picó has been a ...

(2005-2009) ''At Large'' *
Francisco González Rodríguez Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name '' Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed " Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father o ...

(1997–2001) ''San Juan'' *
Roger Iglesias Roger J. Iglesias Suárez (born September 12, 1958, in Canóvanas, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican politician. He was a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1992 to 2000 and 2011 to 2013. In 2011, he was elected to fill the vacant seat left b ...

(1993–2001, 2011–present) ''Carolina'' * Luisa Lebrón Burgos
(1993–2000) ''Carolina'' * Miguel Loiz Zayas
(1993–1997) ''Humacao'' * Danny López Soto
(1976–1984) ''Carolina'' * Víctor Loubriel Ortiz
(Jan. 2-4 2005) ''Arecibo'' * Víctor Marrero Padilla
(1993–2000) ''Arecibo'' *
Aníbal Marrero Pérez Aníbal Marrero Pérez (October 3, 1949 – January 25, 2005) was a Puerto Rican politician. He was a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1984 until he resigned in 2000 amidst corruption charges. Biography Aníbal Marrero was born on Octob ...

(1984–2000) ''Bayamón'' *
Héctor Martínez Maldonado Héctor Javier Martínez Maldonado (born September 1, 1968) is a former Puerto Rican politician, attorney and former senator of Puerto Rico. He served as senator of the District of Carolina from 2004 until 2011. Martínez was convicted of brib ...

(2005-2011) ''Carolina'' * Héctor Martínez Colón
(1969–1973) "Ponce" * Kenneth McClintock
(1993–2008) "At Large" * José Enrique Meléndez Ortiz
(1993–2001) ''Guayama'' * Luis Felipe Navas de León
(1993–2000) ''Humacao'' * Nicolás Nogueras Cartagena
(1973–1985, 1989–1996) ''At Large'' * Carlos Pagán
(1997-2001, 2005-2009) ''Mayagüez'' *
Orlando Parga Orlando Parga Figueroa (born February 6, 1939, in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican politician and former member of the Senate of Puerto Rico. He served as President pro tempore of the Senate from 2005 to 2009. Early years and studies ...

(1999-2008) ''At Large'' * Sergio Peña Clos
(1981–2005) ''At Large'' *
Miriam Ramírez de Ferrer Miriam ( he, מִרְיָם ''Mīryām'', lit. 'Rebellion') is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus. The ...

(2001-2005) ''At Large'' * Oreste Ramos Díaz
(1977–1997) ''San Juan'' *
Roberto Rexach Benítez Roberto Nicolás Rexach Benítez (December 18, 1929 – April 4, 2012) also known as his stage name Bobby, was a Puerto Rican politician, and former Senator and Representative. Rexach Benítez served as the tenth President of the Senate of Pue ...

(1985–1998) ''At Large'' * Charles Rodríguez Colón
(1993–2001) ''At Large'' * Rafael Rodríguez González
(1993–1997) ''Mayagüez'' *
Enrique Rodríguez Negrón Enrique Rodríguez Negrón (born July 14, 1933 in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico) served as a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1989 to 2001. From 1993 to 2001, he chaired the Senate Tourism Committee and partnered with then Executive Director of t ...

(1989–2001) ''At Large'' * Rolando Silva Iglesias
(1981–1996) ''San Juan'' * Antonio Soto Díaz
(2008-2011) ''Guayama'' *Angel Tirado Martínez
(2000–2001) ''Arecibo'' * Freddy Valentín Acevedo
(1993–1997) ''At Large'' *Luis Felipe Vázquez Ortiz
(1996–1997) ''San Juan'' * Dennis Vélez Barlucea
(1993–1997) ''Ponce'' * Eduardo Zavála Vázquez
(1993–1997) ''Ponce'' ; Popular Democratic Party *
Modesto Agosto Alicea Modesto Agosto Alicea (December 7, 1943 – October 22, 2016) was a Puerto Rican politician and senator. He was a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1997 to 2005 representing the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). Early years and studies Mo ...

(1997-2005) ''Ponce'' * Eudaldo Báez Galib
(1993-2005) ''At Large'' * Eduardo Bhatia Gautier
(1997–2001, 2009-) ''At Large'' * Palmira Cabrera de Ibarra
(1960–1968) ''Arecibo'' *Elsie Calderón de Hernández
(1985–1993) ''Carolina'' * Juan Cancel Ríos
(1969–1976) "Arecibo" *
Juan Cancel Alegría Juan Andrés Cancel Alegría is a Puerto Rican politician and former senator. He was a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2005. Biography Juan Cancel Alegría is the son of former President of the Senate Juan Cancel Ríos and Car ...

(2001–2005) ''Carolina'' * Miguel Deynes Soto
(1973–1993) ''Mayagüez-Aguadilla'' * Carlos García Portela
(1965–1968) "San Juan" *
Velda González de Modestti Velda is a name given to the hypothetical ancestress of the Cantabrian people and Haplogroup V (mtDNA). She was coined in the book ''The Seven Daughters of Eve'' by Bryan Sykes. Theoretically, based on DNA studies, she lived in the region of th ...

(1981–2005) ''At Large'' * Ana Nisi Goyco Graciani
(1981–1993) ''Ponce'' *
Miguel Hernández Agosto Miguel Hernández Agosto (April 5, 1927 – March 18, 2016) was a Puerto Rican politician whose service in government spanned several generations. Affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD), he started his political career as a Cabinet m ...

(1970–1997) ''At Large'' * Sixto Hernández Serrano
(2001–2006) ''Humacao'' * Rafael Irizarry
(2000–2005) ''Mayagüez-Aguadilla'' *Luis Izquierdo Mora
(1981–1993) ''At Large'' *Américo Martínez
(1981–1993) ''Arecibo'' * Yasmín Mejías Lugo
(2001–2005) ''Carolina'' *Jorge Orama Monroig
(1989–1992) ''Ponce'' * René Muñoz Padín
(1965–1968) ''San Juan'' *
José Ortiz Dalliot José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

(2001–2005) ''San Juan'' * Margarita Ostolaza Bey
(2001–2005) ''San Juan'' * Mercedes Otero de Ramos
(1993–2001) ''At Large'' *Joaquín Peña Peña
(1985–1993) ''Carolina'' * Roberto Prats Palerm
(2001–2005) ''At Large'' *
Bruno Ramos Bruno A. Ramos Olivera (born December 4, 1950 in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican politician and former senator. He was a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1997 to 2005 representing the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). Early years ...

(1997-2005) ''Ponce'' * Jorge Alberto Ramos Comas
(1997–2000) ''Mayagüez'' * Marco Antonio Rigau
(1989–1997) ''At Large'' * Gilberto Rivera Ortiz
(1970–1993) ''Humacao'' *Juan Rivera Ortiz
(1973–1993, 1996–1997) ''Guayama'' *Julio Rodríguez Gómez
(2002–2005) ''Arecibo'' * Maribel Rodríguez Hernández
(2001–2002) ''Arecibo'' * Rafael Rodríguez Vargas
(2001–2005) ''Arecibo'' *Edgardo Rosario Burgos
(1989–1993) ''Arecibo'' *Jesús Santa Aponte
(1977–1993) ''Humacao'' * Cirilo Tirado Delgado
(1989–1997) ''Guayama'' * Roberto Vigoreaux Lorenzana
(2001–2005) ''At Large'' *
Eugenio Fernández Cerra Eugenio Fernández Cerra (April 19, 1920 – January 28, 2011) was a prominent Chest Physician and former Senator in the Puerto Rico Legislature for the Partido Popular Democratico. Fernández Cerra graduated from Johns Hopkins School of Me ...

(1960–1964) ''At Large'' * Jorge Alberto Ramos Vélez
(2001-2004) ''Mayagüez'' ;
Puerto Rican Independence Party The Puerto Rican Independence Party ( es, Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño, PIP) is a social-democratic political party in Puerto Rico that campaigns for the independence of Puerto Rico from the United States. Those who follow the PIP ...
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Rubén Berríos Rubén Ángel Berríos Martínez (born June 21, 1939) is a Puerto Rican politician, international law attorney, writer, and current president of the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP). A former three-time senator, Berríos is a perennial P ...

"At Large" *
Gilberto Concepción De Gracia Dr. Gilberto Concepción de Gracia (July 9, 1909 – March 16, 1968) was a lawyer, journalist, author, politician and founder of the Puerto Rican Independence Party. He is the great uncle of maternal siblings Residente and ILE of Calle 13, an ...

"At Large" *
Fernando Martín García Fernando Martín García is a Puerto Rican politician and former senator. He was a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1989 to 1993, and then from 2000 to 2004. Early years and studies Fernando Martín García finished his elementary an ...

(2001–2005) "At Large" *
Manuel Rodríguez Orellana Manuel Rodríguez Orellana (born 1948 in Puerto Rico) is a legal scholar, lawyer, lecturer, columnist, published poet and political leader of the Puerto Rican Independence Movement. He is the son of former Dean of the University of Puerto Rico ...

(2000–2001) ''At Large'' * María de Lourdes Santiago
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