Post: | Chief Justice |
Body: | the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico |
Incumbent: | Maite Oronoz Rodríguez |
Style: | The Honorable diplomatic Madam President when presiding over the court |
Nominator: | governor of Puerto Rico |
Appointer: | governor of Puerto Rico with the advice and consent of the Senate |
Termlength: | until 70 years of age |
Inaugural: | José Severo Quiñones |
Formation: | Foraker Act Article V of the Constitution of Puerto Rico |
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico (es|Jefe del Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico) is the presiding officer of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. The post of Chief Justice was created by Article V of the Constitution of Puerto Rico.[1] The constitution also established in several articles that the Chief Justice must:
The Chief Justice is also typically the judge that swears in the governor upon his inaugural term.
! scope=col style="text-align: left" | #! scope=col style="text-align: left" | Portrait! scope=col style="text-align: left" | Name! scope=col style="text-align: left" | Took office! scope=col style="text-align: left" | Left office! scope=col style="text-align: left" | Appointed by! scope=col style="text-align: left" | Other posts held|-! scope=row | 1| | José Severo Quiñones[6] | 1900| 1909| William McKinley||-! scope=row | 2|| José Hernández Santiago| 1909| 1922| William H. Taft||-! scope=row | 3|| Emilio del Toro Cuebas| 1922| 1943| Warren G. Harding|
|-! scope=row | 4| | Martín Travieso Nieva| 1944| 1948| Franklin D. Roosevelt|
|-! scope=row | 5|| Angel de Jesús Sánchez| 1948| 1951| Harry S. Truman|
|-! scope=row | 6|| Roberto Todd Borrás| 1951| 1952| Harry S. Truman|
|-! scope=row | 7|| A. Cecil Snyder| 1953| 1957| Luis Muñoz Marín|
|-! scope=row | 8|| Jaime Sifre Dávila| 1957| 1957| Luis Muñoz Marín|
|-! scope=row | 9|| Luis Negrón Fernández| 1957| 1972| Luis Muñoz Marín|
|-! scope=row | 10|| Pedro Pérez Pimentel| 1973| 1974| Rafael Hernández Colón|
|-! scope=row | 11|| José Trías Monge| 1974| 1985| Rafael Hernández Colón|
|-! scope=row | 12|| Víctor Pons Núñez| 1985| 1992| Rafael Hernández Colón|
|-! scope=row | 13|| José Andréu García| 1992| 2003| Rafael Hernández Colón|
|-! scope=row | 14|| Miriam Naveira Merly| 2003| 2004| Sila María Calderón|
|-! scope=row | 15|| Federico Hernández Denton| 2004| 2014| Sila María Calderón|
|-! scope=row | 16|| Liana Fiol Matta| 2014| 2016| Alejandro García Padilla|
|-! scope=row | 17| | Maite Oronoz Rodríguez| 2016| present| Alejandro García Padilla|
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