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Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Alderman, Archon, Bailiff, Beadle, Beagle, Captain, Chancellor, Commissar, Commissary, Constable, Councillor

The Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico is a nonvoting representative of the United States House of Representatives elected by Puerto Ricans every 4 years. The representative is allowed to serve, and serves as process observer, in U.S. Congress committees.

List of former Commisioners

Term(s) served Name Puerto Rican Party United States Party
2005 – present Luis Fortuño PNP Republican
2001-2005 Anibal Acevedo Vila PPD Democratic
1993 – 2001 Carlos Romero Barcelo PNP Democratic
1992 – 1993 Antonio Colorado PPD Democratic
1985 – 1992 Jaime Fuster PPD Democratic
1977 – 1985 Baltasar Corrada del Río PNP Republican
1973 – 1977 Jaime Benitez PPD
1969 – 1973 Jorge Luis Cordova PNP
1965 – 1969 Santiago Polanco Abreu PPD
1946 – 1965 Antonio Fernós Isern PPD
1945 – 1946 Jesús T. Piñero PPD
1939 – 1945 Bolívar Pagán Coalitionist
1933 – 1939 Santiago Iglesias Pantín Coalitionist
1932 – 1933 José Lorenzo Pesquera Nonpartisan
1917 – 1932 Felix Cordova Davila Unionist
1911 – 1916 Luis Muñoz Rivera Unionist
1905 – 1911 Tulio Larrinaga Unionist
1901 – 1905 Federico Degetau Republican


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