List of presidents of the New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico) explained
The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico was founded in 1967. Since then, the party has been led by 12 different presidents in 16 terms of leadership. Every president of the political party has held a position in the Puerto Rican government. The first party president was Luis A. Ferré, who served from 1967 to 1974. The presidents who served twice are: Carlos Romero Barceló, who served from 1974 to 1987 and again from 1989 to 1991, Pedro Rosselló, who served from 1991 to 1999 and again from 2003 to 2008 and Carlos Pesquera who served from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2001 to 2003, and the current president of the New Progressive Party is Pedro Pierluisi and Governor of Puerto Rico, who served from January 2013 to June 2016, and from August 2020 to present.
List of presidents
| Portrait | Name | Term start | Term end | Previous public posts |
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| 1 | | Luis A. Ferré | August 20, 1967 | October 7, 1974 | President of the Puerto Rico Senate
Governor |
| 2 | | Carlos Romero Barceló | October 7, 1974 | June 20, 1987 | Mayor of San Juan
Governor
Resident Commissioner |
| 3 | | Baltasar Corrada del Río | June 20, 1987 | January 11, 1988 | Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
Mayor of San Juan
Secretary of State
Associate Justice of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court |
| 4 | | Ramón Luis Rivera | January 11, 1988 | January 2, 1989 | Member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives
Mayor of Bayamón |
| 5 | | Carlos Romero Barceló | January 2, 1989 | March 23, 1991 | Mayor of San Juan
Governor
Resident Commissioner |
| 6 | | Pedro Rosselló | March 23, 1991 | September 10, 1999 | Governor
Puerto Rico Senate |
| 7 | | Carlos Pesquera | September 10, 1999 | February 17, 2000 | Secretary of Transportation |
| 8 | | Norma Burgos | February 17, 2000 | January 2, 2001 | Secretary of State
Member of the Puerto Rico Senate |
| 9 | | Leonides Díaz Urbina | January 2, 2001 | April 5, 2001 | Member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives |
| 10 | | Carlos Pesquera | April 5, 2001 | October 14, 2003 | Secretary of Transportation |
| 11 | | Pedro Rosselló | October 14, 2003 | December 21, 2008 | Governor
Puerto Rico Senate |
| 12 | | Luis Fortuño | December 21, 2008 | January 2, 2013 | Resident Commissioner
Governor |
| 13 | | Pedro Pierluisi | January 2, 2013 | June 23, 2016 | Secretary of Justice
Resident Commissioner |
| 14 | | Ricardo Rosselló | June 23, 2016 | July 22, 2019 | Governor of Puerto Rico |
| 15 | | Thomas Rivera Schatz | July 22, 2019 | August 25, 2020 | President Of The Puerto Rican Senate |
| 16 | | Pedro Pierluisi | August 25, 2020 | June 11, 2024 | Secretary of Justice
Resident Commissioner
Governor |
| 17 | | Jenniffer González-Colón | June 11, 2024 | Present | Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
Resident Commissioner
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