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The department is an executive department of the Government of Puerto Rico. It was created in 1931 but only gained formal recognition when the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico was approved in 1952. Its first secretary was Prudencio Rivera. The incumbent is Carlos Saavedra Gutiérrez.
On December 28, 2016, Saavedra was appointed Puerto Rico Secretary of Labor and Human Resources by then Governor-elect Ricardo Rosselló. [6] On February 11, 2017, Saavedra was confirmed by the Senate of Puerto Rico. [7] He is the youngest person in Puerto Rican history to lead the Puerto Rico Department of Labor.
Secretaría del Trabajo y Recursos Humanos: Carlos Rivera Santiago [26] [27] PNP: 9 June 2020 – 31 December 2021 [28] Gabriel Maldonado González [29] PNP: 9 January 2022 – Present Secretary of Transportation and Public Works Secretaría de Transportación y Obras Públicas: Eileen Vélez Vega [30] PNP: 2 January 2021 – Present
Article IV of the Constitution of Puerto Rico vests the executive power on the Governor. [1] The Governor has a duty to enforce state laws, to convene the Legislative Assembly, the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Legislative Assembly, to appoint government officers, to appoint Justices, and to grant pardons.
The Puerto Rico Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development (Spanish: Oficina para el Desarrollo Socioeconómico y Comunitario de Puerto Rico (ODSEC)) is a government agency of Puerto Rico that manages projects to improve and develop "Special Communities of Puerto Rico", (Spanish: Comunidades Especiales 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.
After less than a week, the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico decided in Senado de Puerto Rico v. Gobierno de Puerto Rico, 2019 TSPR 138 CT-2019-4 (Supreme Court of Puerto Rico 2019) that the clear successor was the Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico, annulled any recognition or vestiges of legitimacy in the week-long Pierluisi government. [2]
Office of Management and Budget - a Cabinet-level office, and the largest office within the Office of the Governor of Puerto Rico. Planning Board - created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell 's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning ...