25th Senate of Puerto Rico
Appearance
25th Senate of Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||
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In session | |||||||||||||||||
January 2, 2013 – January 1, 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
Leadership | |||||||||||||||||
President | Eduardo Bhatia | ||||||||||||||||
President pro tem | José Luis Dalmau | ||||||||||||||||
Majority Leader | Aníbal José Torres | ||||||||||||||||
Majority Whip | Rossana López | ||||||||||||||||
Minority Leaders | Larry Seilhamer María de Lourdes Santiago | ||||||||||||||||
Minority Whip | Carmelo Ríos | ||||||||||||||||
Non-officers | |||||||||||||||||
Secretary | Tania Barbarossa | ||||||||||||||||
Sergeant-at-Arms | Luis A. Ramos Rivera | ||||||||||||||||
Structure | |||||||||||||||||
Seats | 27 voting members | ||||||||||||||||
Parties represented | 18 PPD 8 PNP 1 PIP | ||||||||||||||||
Length of term | 4 years | ||||||||||||||||
Elections | |||||||||||||||||
Last election | November 6, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
Next election | November 8, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
Legislature | |||||||||||||||||
17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||
Lower house | |||||||||||||||||
29th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||
Sessions | |||||||||||||||||
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The 25th Senate of Puerto Rico is the upper house of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico and will meet from January 2, 2013, to January 1, 2017. All members were elected in the General Elections of 2012. The Senate has a majority of members from the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).[1][2][3] The body is counterparted by the 29th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico in the lower house.
Leadership
[edit]Members
[edit]Non-officers
[edit]Post | Name | Political party |
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Secretary | Tania Barbarossa[4] | PPD |
Serjeant-at-Arms | Luis A. Ramos Rivera[a] | PPD |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "El Senado será dominado por populares". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). 7 November 2012. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013.
- ^ "SENADORES POR DISTRITO RESULTADOS POR DISTRITO SENATORIAL". Comisión Estatal de Elecciones de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 29 December 2012. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ "SENADORES POR ACUMULACIÓN RESULTADOS ISLA". Comisión Estatal de Elecciones de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 29 December 2012. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ "Cronología de los Secretarios del Senado" (in Spanish). Senate of Puerto Rico. Archived from the original on 2013-09-01. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- ^ "Sesión Inaugural, Actas del Senado de Puerto Rico, Decimoséptima Asamblea Legislativa, Primera Sesion Ordinaria" (PDF) (in Spanish). Senate of Puerto Rico. January 14, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved August 11, 2013.