Thomas Rivera Schatz

Thomas Rivera Schatz
Rivera in 2021
President-Designate of the Puerto Rico Senate
Assuming office
January 2, 2025
SucceedingJosé Luis Dalmau
Minority Leader of the Puerto Rico Senate
Assumed office
January 2, 2021
Preceded byEduardo Bhatia
President of the New Progressive Party
Acting
In office
July 22, 2019 – August 16, 2020
Preceded byRicardo Rosselló
Succeeded byPedro Pierluisi
14th and 16th President of the Puerto Rico Senate
In office
January 2, 2017 – January 2, 2021
Preceded byEduardo Bhatia
Succeeded byJosé Luis Dalmau
In office
January 2, 2009 – January 2, 2013
Preceded byKenneth McClintock
Succeeded byEduardo Bhatia
Member of the Puerto Rico Senate
from the at-large district
Assumed office
January 2, 2009
Personal details
Born (1966-06-10) June 10, 1966 (age 58)
Bronx, New York, U.S.
Political partyNew Progressive
Other political
affiliations
Republican
RelativesJosé Rivera Díaz (father)
EducationInteramerican University of Puerto Rico (BA)
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law (JD)

Thomas Rivera Schatz (born June 10, 1966) is a Puerto Rican politician, legal advisor, attorney, and former prosecutor, who was the fourteenth and sixteenth President of the Senate of Puerto Rico. He is affiliated with New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico (abbr. PNP in Spanish) and the mainland Republican Party.