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25th Senate of Puerto Rico

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25th Senate of Puerto Rico
In session
January 2, 2013 – January 1, 2017
Leadership
PresidentEduardo Bhatia
President pro temJosé Luis Dalmau
Majority LeaderAníbal José Torres
Majority WhipRossana López
Minority LeadersLarry Seilhamer
María de Lourdes Santiago
Minority WhipCarmelo Ríos
Non-officers
SecretaryTania Barbarossa
Sergeant-at-ArmsLuis A. Ramos Rivera
Structure
Seats27 voting members
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Parties represented  18 PPD
  8 PNP
  1 PIP
Length of term4 years
Elections
Last electionNovember 6, 2012
Next electionNovember 8, 2016
Legislature
17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
Lower house
29th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
Sessions
1stJanuary 14, 2013 – June 30, 2013
2ndAugust 19, 2013 – November 19, 2013
3rdJanuary 13, 2014 – June 30, 2014
4thAugust 18, 2014 – November 18, 2014
5thJanuary 12, 2015 – June 30, 2015
6thAugust 17, 2015 – November 17, 2015
7thJanuary 11, 2016 – June 30, 2016
8thAugust 15, 2016 – November 15, 2016
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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

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  PPD    PNP    PIP
Office Senator District Party
President Eduardo Bhatia At-large PPD
President pro tempore José Luis Dalmau District VII Humacao PPD
Majority Leader Aníbal José Torres At-large PPD
Majority Whip Rossana López León At-large PPD
Minority Leader Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez At-large PNP
Minority Whip Carmelo Ríos District II Bayamón PNP
Minority Leader Maria de Lourdes Santiago At-large PIP

Members

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  PPD    PNP    PIP
District Name Political party
At-large Angel Rosa PPD
At-large Aníbal José Torres PPD
At-large Antonio Fas Alzamora PPD
At-large Cirilo Tirado PPD
At-large Eduardo Bhatia PPD
At-large Rossana López León PPD
District I San Juan José Nadal Power PPD
District I San Juan Ramón Luis Nieves PPD
District IV Mayagüez–Aguadilla Gilberto Rodríguez PPD
District IV Mayagüez–Aguadilla María Teresa González PPD
District V Ponce Martín Vargas Morales PPD
District V Ponce Ramón Ruiz PPD
District VI Guayama Ángel M. Rodríguez Otero PPD
District VI Guayama Miguel A. Pereira PPD
District VII Humacao Jorge Suárez PPD
District VII Humacao José Luis Dalmau PPD
District VIII Carolina Luis Daniel Rivera PPD
District VIII Carolina Pedro A. Rodríguez PPD
At-large Itzamar Peña PNP
At-large Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez PNP
At-large Margarita Nolasco PNP
At-large Thomas Rivera Schatz PNP
District II Bayamón Carmelo Ríos PNP
District II Bayamón Migdalia Padilla PNP
District III Arecibo Ángel Martínez Santiago PNP
District III Arecibo José Joito Pérez PNP
At-large Maria de Lourdes Santiago PIP

Non-officers

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  PPD
Post Name Political party
Secretary Tania Barbarossa[4] PPD
Serjeant-at-Arms Luis A. Ramos Rivera[a] PPD

Notes

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  1. ^ Senate (2013) "Sometida a votación la elección del Sargento de Armas, la misma es aprobada y el señor Presidente, proclama al señor Luis A. Ramos Rivera, como Sargento de Armas del Senado del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico."[5]

References

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  1. ^ "El Senado será dominado por populares". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). 7 November 2012. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Cronología de los Secretarios del Senado" (in Spanish). Senate of Puerto Rico. Archived from the original on 2013-09-01. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
  5. ^ "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.