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Fourth cabinet of the Puerto Rican government From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This fourth and last government of Luis Muñoz Marín followed his third reelection.[1][2] In many ways it was a continuation of the previous government, with one change in positions, the Secretary of Labor,[3] and the same amount of supermajoritarian control[4] of the Senate of Puerto Rico and House of Representatives of Puerto Rico.
Fourth Government of Luis Muñoz Marín | |
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4th Constitutional Government of Puerto Rico | |
1961-1965 | |
Date formed | 2 January 1961 |
Date dissolved | 2 January 1965 |
People and organisations | |
President of the United States of America | Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson |
Governor | Luis Muñoz Marín |
Secretary of State | Roberto Sánchez Vilella |
Total no. of members | 7 Secretaries[lower-alpha 1] 7 Cabinet Members [lower-alpha 1] |
Member party | PPD Ind. |
Status in legislature | Supermajority in both chambers Senate 23 / 32 (72%) House of Representatives 47 / 64 (73%) |
Opposition parties | PER PAC |
Opposition leaders | Miguel A. García Méndez and Luis A. Ferré Aguayo(PER) Salvador Perea Roselló (PAC) |
History | |
Election | 1960 Puerto Rican general election |
Outgoing election | 1964 Puerto Rican general election |
Legislature term | 4th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico |
Budgets | 1961 Puerto Rico Budget 1962 Puerto Rico Budget 1963 Puerto Rico Budget 1964 Puerto Rico Budget |
Advice and consent | Senate of Puerto Rico House of Representatives of Puerto Rico [lower-alpha 2] |
Incoming formation | 1960 Puerto Rican general election |
Predecessor | Third government of Luis Muñoz Marín |
Successor | Government of Roberto Sánchez Vilella |
Meanwhile the opposition composition shifted, with the entrance of the Partido Acción Cristiana with one senator and one representative, the Puerto Rican Independence Party dropping out of representation thresholds, and the Partido Estadista Republicano solidifying its status as the main opposition party, their presence bolstered by virtue of the effects of Article III, Section 7 of the Constitution of Puerto Rico (1952).
Party breakdown of cabinet members, not including the governor:
6 | |
1 |
The cabinet was composed of members of the PPD and two independents or technical positions (or people whose membership in a party was not clearly ascertained from any available media).
The Puerto Rican Cabinet was led by the Governor alone in this period. The Cabinet was composed of all the Secretaries of the executive departments of the Commonwealth government, which at this time was limited to a small number of offices as delineated initially in the Constitution.
Office | Name | Party | Term | |||||
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Governor | ||||||||
Governor of Puerto Rico Gobernación de Puerto Rico | Luis Muñoz Marín | Popular Democratic Party | 24 July 1952 – 2 January 1965 | |||||
Council of Secretaries | ||||||||
Secretary of State Secretaría de Estado | Roberto Sánchez Vilella | Popular Democratic Party | 25 July 1952 - 2 January 1965 | |||||
Secretary of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works Secretaría de Agricultura y Comercio y Obras Públicas | Luis Rivera Santos [5][6][7][8][9] | Popular Democratic Party | 2 January 1957 - 2 January 1965 | |||||
Secretary of Justice Secretaría de Justicia | Hiram R. Cancio Vilella[10] | Popular Democratic Party | 29 January 1958 - 31 August 1965 | |||||
Secretary of the Treasury Secretaría de Hacienda | José R. Nogueras [11] | Popular Democratic Party | 1958 - 1963 | |||||
Jorge Font Saldaña[11] | Popular Democratic Party | 1964 - 1968 | ||||||
Secretary of Public Instruction Secretaría de Instrucción Pública | Cándido Oliveras[9] | Popular Democratic Party | 31 October 1960 - 2 January 1965 | |||||
Secretary of Health Secretaría de Salud | Guillermo Arbona Irizarry[12][13] | Ind. | 25 July 1957 - 2 January 1966 | |||||
Secretary of Labor Secretaría del Trabajo | Fernando Sierra Berdecía[14][15] | Popular Democratic Party | 25 July 1952 - 1962 | |||||
Frank Zorrilla Maldonado[3][16][17] | Popular Democratic Party | 1962 - 1965 | ||||||
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