List of Presidents of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico

The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico was founded in 1967. Since then, the party has been led by 10 different presidents in 13 terms of leadership. Every president of the political party has held a position in the Puerto Rican government. The first president was Luis A. Ferré, who served from 1967 to 1974. The presidents who served twice are: Carlos Romero Barceló, who served from 1974 to 1987 and again from 1989 to 1991, Pedro Rosselló, who served from 1991 to 1999 and again from 2003 to 2008 and Carlos Pesquera who served from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2001 to 2003. The current president of the New Progressive Party is Pedro Pierluisi who took the position in 2013.

List of presidents

#	Name	Date it took office	Date it left office	Post held elsewhere
1	Luis A. Ferré	1967	1974	8th President of the Senate of Puerto Rico 3rd Governor of Puerto Rico
2	Carlos Romero Barceló	1974	1987	Former mayor of San Juan 5th Governor of Puerto Rico 16th Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
3	Baltasar Corrada del Río	1987	1988	13th Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Former mayor of San Juan 15th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
4	Ramón Luis Rivera	1988	1989	Member of the 19th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico Former mayor of Bayamón
5	Carlos Romero Barceló	1989	1991	Former mayor of San Juan 5th Governor of Puerto Rico 16th Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
6	Pedro Rosselló	1991	1999	7th Governor of Puerto Rico Member of the 23rd Senate of Puerto Rico
7	Carlos Pesquera	1999	2000	Former Secretary of Transportation and Public Works of Puerto Rico Gubernatorial nominee for the 2000 elections
8	Norma Burgos	2000	2001	16th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico Member of the 22nd Senate of Puerto Rico Member of the 23rd Senate of Puerto Rico Member of the 24th Senate of Puerto Rico
9	Leonides Díaz Urbina	2001	2001	Member of the 24th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico Member of the 25th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
10	Carlos Pesquera	2001	2003	Former Secretary of Transportation and Public Works of Puerto Rico Gubernatorial nominee for the 2000 elections
11	Pedro Rosselló	2003	2008	7th Governor of Puerto Rico Member of the 23rd Senate of Puerto Rico
12	Luis Fortuño	2008	2013	18th Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico 10th Governor of Puerto Rico
13	Pedro Pierluisi	2013	present	Former Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico 19th Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico 20th Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico

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