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The Puerto Rico Department of Justice (PR DOJ) (Spanish: Departamento de Justicia de Puerto Rico) is the Executive Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico responsible for the enforcement of the local law in the commonwealth and the administration of justice. The Department is equivalent to the State Bureau of Investigation in many US states.
The Puerto Rico Department of Family Affairs (Spanish: Departamento de Asuntos Familiares de Puerto Rico) is responsible for all matters related to the sociology of the family and social work in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. [1] [2] [3]
The Office of the Chief of Staff of the Governor of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Secretaría de la Gobernación de Puerto Rico) is the umbrella organization and government agency of the executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico that manages and oversees all the executive departments of the government of Puerto Rico and almost all executive agencies.
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. [2] 1952: Víctor Gutiérrez Franqui; 1953–1957: José Trías Monge; 1957–1958: Juan B. Fernandez-Badillo
Constitution of Cádiz. Puerto Rico was a Spanish colony for four hundred years, after Spain first established a settlement on the island in 1508. [11] [12] In accordance with the Laws of the Indies, criollos, persons born in the colonies, had fewer rights than peninsulares, those born in Spain. [13]
The Secretary of Corrections and Rehabilitation of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Secretario de Corrección y Rehabilitación de Puerto Rico) is responsible for structuring, developing, and coordinating the public policies of Puerto Rico over its correctional system and the rehabilitation of its adult and young population.
The Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Secretario de Salud de Puerto Rico) ...
The Puerto Rico Ombudsman (In Spanish also Procurador(a) del Ciudadano) is a government position created by statute in 1977 during the administration of Governor Carlos Romero Barceló to provide citizens with an office that could receive and investigate complaints regarding the proper functioning of government agencies and the level of service to the public.