Pedro Pierluisi

Pedro Pierluisi
2021 portrait
Governor of Puerto Rico
Assumed office
January 2, 2021
Preceded byWanda Vázquez Garced
De facto
August 2, 2019 – August 7, 2019[a]
Preceded byRicardo Rosselló
Succeeded byWanda Vázquez Garced
Secretary of State of Puerto Rico
Acting
July 31, 2019 – August 2, 2019
Preceded byMaría Marcano de León (acting)
Succeeded byMaría Marcano de León (acting)
Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
In office
January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2017
Preceded byLuis Fortuño
Succeeded byJenniffer González
Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico
In office
January 2, 1993 – January 2, 1997
GovernorPedro Rosselló
Preceded byHéctor Rivera Cruz
Succeeded byJosé Fuentes Agostini
Personal details
Born
Pedro Rafael Pierluisi

(1959-04-26) April 26, 1959 (age 65)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Political partyNew Progressive
Other political
affiliations
Democratic
Spouse(s)María Rojo (1981–1998)
María Carrión (2007–2019)
Children4
RelativesJosé Jaime Pierluisi (brother)
ResidenceLa Fortaleza
EducationTulane University (BA)
George Washington University (JD)

Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia (born April 26, 1959) is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer currently serving as governor of Puerto Rico since January 2, 2021. He has previously served as secretary of justice, resident commissioner, acting secretary of state, de facto governor of Puerto Rico and as private attorney for Puerto Rico's fiscal oversight board under the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act. He is a member of the New Progressive Party and the Democratic Party of the United States.

After a tumultuous four-year term, Pierluisi lost the candidacy to the 2024 election for governor to New Progressive Party contender, Jenniffer González-Colón.
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