28th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico

28th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
28th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
In session
	January 2, 2009 – January 1, 2013
Leadership
Speaker	Jenniffer González
Speaker pro tem	Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló
Majority Leader	Rolando Crespo (2009–2011); Johnny Méndez (2011–2013)
Majority Whip	Angel Pérez Otero
Minority Leader	Héctor Ferrer (2009-2012); Luis Raúl Torres (2012)
Minority Whip	Luis Raúl Torres (2009-2012)
Non-officers
Structure
Seats	54 voting members
Parties represented	PNP; PPD
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Legislature
	16th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
Upper house
	24th Senate of Puerto Rico
Sessions
1st
1st	January 14, 2009 – January 12, 2010
2nd	January 13, 2010 – January 11, 2011
3rd	January 12, 2011 – January 10, 2012
4th	January 11, 2012 – January 8, 2013
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	< 27th 29th >

The 28th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico was the lower house of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico and met from January 14, 2009, to January 8, 2013. All members were elected in the General Elections of 2008. The House had a majority of members from the New Progressive Party (PNP).

The body was counterparted by the 24th Senate of Puerto Rico in the upper house.

Composition

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total

	PNP	PPD	PIP		Vacant
End of previous legislature	32	18	1	51	0

Begin	37	16	0	54	1
Latest voting share	72.5%	27.5%

Leadership

Position	Name	Party	District
Speaker of the House	Jenniffer González Colón	PNP	At-Large
Speaker Pro Tempore	Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló	PNP	District 13
Majority Leader	Carlos J. Méndez Núñez	PNP	District 36
Majority Whip	Angel Pérez Otero	PNP	District 6
Minority Leader	Luis Raúl Torres Cruz	PPD	District 2
Minority Whip	Vacant	PPD

Membership

District	Name	Party
1	José López Muñoz	PNP
2	Luis Raúl Torres Cruz	PPD
3	Albita Rivera Ramírez	PNP
4	Liza Fernández Rodríguez (2009-2012) Víctor Parés (2012-2013)	PNP
5	Jorge Navarro Suárez	PNP
6	Angel Perez Otero	PNP
7	Luis Pérez Ortíz	PNP
8	Antonio Silva Delgado	PNP
9	Angel Rodríguez Miranda	PNP
10	Bernardo Márquez García	PNP
11	María Vega Pagán	PNP
12	Héctor Torres Calderón	PNP
13	Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló	PNP
14	Paula Rodríguez Homs	PNP
15	Arnaldo Jiménez Valle	PNP
16	Iván Rodríguez (2009-2010) Eric Alfaro (2011-2013)	PNP
17	José Rivera Guerra	PNP
18	David Bonilla Cortés	PNP
19	Charlie Hernández	PPD
20	Norman Ramírez Rivera	PNP
21	Lydia Méndez Silva	PPD
22	Waldemar Quiles Rodríguez	PNP
23	Julissa Nolasco Ortíz	PNP
24	Luis León Rodríguez	PNP
25	Víctor Vassallo Anadón	PPD
26	José Jiménez Negrón	PNP
27	José Torres Ramírez	PPD
28	Rafael Rivera Ortega	PNP
29	Pedro Cintrón Rodríguez	PNP
30	Jorge Ramos Peña	PNP
31	Sylvia Rodríguez Aponte	PPD
32	José Varela Fernández	PPD
33	Angel Peña Ramírez	PNP
34	Cristóbal Colón Ruiz	PNP
35	Narden Jaime Espinosa	PPD
36	Carlos Méndez Nuñez	PNP
37	Angel Bulerín Ramos	PNP
38	Eric Correa Rivera	PNP
39	Roberto Rivera Ruiz	PPD
40	Elizabeth Casado Irizarry	PNP
At-Large	José Chico Vega	PNP
	Rolando Crespo (2009-2011) José E. Meléndez Ortíz (2011-2013)	PNP
	Jenniffer González Colón	PNP
	María de Lourdes Ramos Rivera	PNP
	Iris Miriam Ruíz (2009-2010) José Torres Zamora (2010-2013)	PNP
	Héctor Ferrer (2009-2012) Eduardo Ferrer (2012-2013)	PPD
	Jorge Colberg Toro*	PPD
	Luis Vega Ramos	PPD
	José F. Aponte Hernández	PNP
	Carmen Cruz Soto	PPD
	Luis Farinacci* (2009-2011) Pedro Rodríguez González (2011-2013)	PPD
	Rafael Hernández Montañez*	PPD
	Brenda López de Arrarás	PPD
	Jaime Perelló Borrás	PPD

[*] Elected by Addition (Defeated in elections, but holds a seat because of Section 9 of Article III of the Constitution. See above.)

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