The Senate of Puerto Rico majority and minority leaders are Puerto Rican Senators who are elected by the party conferences that hold the majority and the minorities respectively. These leaders serve as the chief Senate spokespeople for their parties and manage and schedule the legislative and executive business of the Senate. By rule, the Presiding Officer gives the Majority Leader priority in obtaining recognition to speak on the floor of the Senate. The Majority Leader customarily serves as the chief representative of his or her party in Senate.
| Majority Leader of the Senate of Puerto Rico PPD Leader | |
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| Style | Senator |
| Minority Leader of the Senate of Puerto Rico PNP Leader | |
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| Style | Senator |
| Minority Leader of the Senate of Puerto Rico MVC Leader | |
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| Style | Senator |
| Minority Leader of the Senate of Puerto Rico PIP Leader | |
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| Style | Senator |
| Minority Leader of the Senate of Puerto Rico PD Leader | |
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| Style | Senator |
| Minority Leader of the Senate of Puerto Rico Independent Leader | |
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Current floor leaders
The Senate is currently composed of 12 senators from the Popular Democratic Party (PPD), 10 senators from the New Progressive Party (PNP), 2 senators from Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana (MVC), 1 senator from the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP), 1 senator of Proyecto Dignidad (PD) and 1 independent senator.
The incumbent floor leaders are PPD Majority Leader Javier Aponte Dalmau, PNP Minority Leader Thomas Rivera Schatz.
List of party leaders
The "Majority" column indicates which party was the majority in the Senate, while the opposing column indicates the minority. The PIP is usually a minority.
| Senate | Dates | PNP Leader | Majority | PPD Leader | PIP Leader | Independent | MVC Leader | PD Leader |
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| 1st | 1949–1953 | PPD Maj → | N/A | |||||
| 2nd | 1953–1957 | Miguel Angel García Méndez | Gilberto Concepción de Gracia (at-large) | |||||
| 3rd | 1957–1961 | Miguel Angel García Méndez | Luis Negrón López | N/A | ||||
| 4th | 1961–1965 | |||||||
| 5th | 1965–1969 | Luis Negrón López | ||||||
| 6th | 1969–1973 | Justo A. Méndez Rodriguez (at-large) | Hipólito Marcano | |||||
| 7th | 1973–1977 | José Menéndez Monroig (at-large) | Rubén Berríos (at-large) | |||||
| 8th | 1977–1981 | Nicolás Nogueras (at-large) | ← PNP Maj | Miguel Hernández Agosto (at-large) | N/A | |||
| 9th | 1981–1985 | PPD Maj → | Gilberto Rivera Ortiz | |||||
| 10th | 1985–1989 | Roberto Rexach Benítez (at-large) | Gilberto Rivera Ortiz | Rubén Berríos (at-large) | ||||
| 11th | 1989–1993 | Gilberto Rivera Ortiz | Fernando Martín García (at-large) | |||||
| 12th | 1993–1997 | Charlie Rodríguez (at-large) | ← PNP Maj | Miguel Hernández Agosto (at-large) | Rubén Berríos (at-large) | |||
| 13th | 1997–2001 | José Enrique Meléndez (Guayama) | Antonio Fas Alzamora (at-large) | |||||
| 14th | 2001–2005 | Kenneth McClintock (at-large) | PPD Maj → | José Luis Dalmau (Humacao) | Fernando Martín (at-large) | |||
| 15th | 2005 | Jorge de Castro Font (at-large) | ← PNP Maj | José Luis Dalmau (Humacao) | ||||
| 2005–2009 | Margarita Nolasco (Guayama) | María de Lourdes Santiago (at-large) | ||||||
| 16th | 2009–2011 | Roberto Arango (San Juan) | N/A | |||||
| 2011-2013 | Larry Seilhamer (Ponce) | |||||||
| 17th | 2013–2017 | Larry Seilhamer (at-large) | PPD Maj → | Aníbal José Torres (at-large) | María de Lourdes Santiago (at-large) | |||
| 18th | 2017–2021 | Carmelo Ríos (Bayamón) | ← PNP Maj | Eduardo Bhatia (at-large) | Juan Dalmau (at-large) | José Vargas Vidot (at-large) | ||
| 19th | 2021-present | Thomas Rivera Schatz (at-large) | PPD Maj → | Javier Aponte Dalmau (Carolina) | María de Lourdes Santiago (at-large) | José Vargas Vidot (at-large) | Ana Irma Rivera Lassén (at-large) | Joanne Rodríguez Veve (at-large) |
| Senate | Dates | PNP Leader | Majority | PPD Leader | PIP Leader | Independent | MVC Leader | PD Leader |