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The Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Secretario de Justicia de Puerto Rico) (known as the Attorney General of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Procurador general de Puerto Rico) prior to the Constitution of Puerto Rico in 1952) is the chief legal officer and the attorney general of the government of Puerto Rico. The Secretary of Justice is second in line of succession to the governorship of Puerto Rico.




Attorneys general


The attorney general was appointed by the president of the United States and confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

1908–1910: Henry W. Hoyt
1910–1912: Foster H. Brown
1912–1914: Walcott H. Pitkin
1914–1919: Howard L. Kern
1919–1923: Salvador Mestre
1923–1925: Herbert P. Coats
1925–1928: George C. Butte
1928–1932: James R. Beverley
1932–1933: Charles E. Winter
1933–1935: Benjamin Jason Horton
1935–1939: Benigno Fernández García
1940–1942: George A. Malcolm
1943–1944: Manuel Rodríguez Ramos - Interim
1944: Jesús A. González - Interim
1945: Luis Negrón Fernández - Interim
1945–1946: Enrique Campos del Toro
1947–1948: Luis Negrón Fernández
1949–1951: Vicente Geigel Polanco
1951–1952: Víctor Gutiérrez Franqui




Secretaries


Under the Constitution of Puerto Rico, adopted in 1952, the office of Attorney General was renamed to Secretary of Justice. The secretary is appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico and confirmed by the Senate of Puerto Rico.

1952: Víctor Gutiérrez Franqui
1953–1957: José Trías Monge
1957–1958: Juan B. Fernandez-Badillo
1959–1965: Hiram Rafael Cancio
1965–1967: Rafael Hernández Colón
1967–1968: José C. Aponte García
1969–1970: Santiago C. Soler Favale
1970–1971: Blás C. Herrero Marrero
1972: Wallace González Oliver
1973–1975: Francisco De Jesús-Schuck
1975–1976: Carlos R. Rios-Gautier
1977–1981: Miguel Giménez Muñoz
1981–1983: Hector Reichard De Cardona
1983–Sept.1983: Gerardo Carlo Altieri
Sept.–Dec. 1983:Carmen Rita Velez Borras
1984–1991: Héctor Rivera Cruz
1991–1992: Jorge E. Pérez-Díaz
1993–1997: Pedro Pierluisi
1997–2000: José Fuentes Agostini
January 2, 2001 – July 31, 2004: Anabelle Rodríguez
August 11, 2004 – December 31, 2004: William Vazquez Irizarry
January 2, 2005 – December 31, 2008: Roberto Sánchez Ramos
January 2, 2009 – October 24, 2010: Antonio Sagardía
October 24, 2010 – December 31, 2012: Guillermo Somoza
January 2, 2013 – December 28, 2013: Luis Sánchez Betances
January 23, 2014 – January 2, 2017: César Miranda
January 2, 2017 – August 2, 2019: Wanda Vázquez Garced
August 2, 2019 – July 16, 2020: Dennise Longo Quiñones
July 16, 2020 – January 2, 2021: Inés Del C. Carrau Martínez
January 2, 2021 – present: Domingo Emanuelli




Further reading


Opinions of the Attorney General of Puerto Rico




References

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