The government of

Alejandro García Padilla Alejandro Javier García Padilla (; born August 3, 1971) is a Puerto Rican politician and attorney who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 2013 to 2017. Prior to this position, García Padilla held various roles in the political lan ...

was formed in the weeks following the

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and was sworn in initially in January 2013, with some confirmations coming in later. It featured a pro-Independence secretary, a non-partisan Secretary of Governance, as well as the continuation of the previous PNP administrations' Commissioner of Safety and Public Protection.

Party breakdown

Party breakdown of 21 cabinet members, not including the governor, but including the Secretary of Governance, from January 2013 to September 2014: The cabinet was composed of members of the PPD, a PIP member (in defiance to PIP leadership), and at its height, two concurrent independents or technical positions (or people whose membership in a party was not clearly ascertained from any available media). After the exit of

Ingrid Vila Biaggi Ingrid Marie Vila Biaggi is a civil and environmental engineer and former Puerto Rico Chief of Staff. Previous to her position as Chief of Staff, Vila served as Deputy Chief of Staff for the governorship of Sila Maria Calderón from 2001 to 20 ...

in September 2014, the PPD gained a seat in the Cabinet at the expense of the independent position she left for

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Members of the Cabinet

The Puerto Rican Cabinet is led by the Governor, along with, starting in 1986, the Secretary of Governance. The Cabinet is composed of all members of the Constitutional Council of Secretaries (), who are the heads of the executive departments, along with other Cabinet-level officers who report directly to the

Governor of Puerto Rico The governor of Puerto Rico () is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. Elected to a 4 year-term through popular vote by the residents of the archipelago and island, ...

or to the Secretary of Governance, but who are not heads nor members of an executive office. All the Cabinet-level officers are at the same bureaucratic level as of the Secretaries

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