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The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico/Estado Libre de Puerto Rico (Female suffrage 1928/36) A Spanish Colony till 1898 has been a state in free association with USA from 1952. There have been several referenda refusing both becoming the 51^st state in the USA and full independence.

Also see Puerto Rico Parliament

1966-73 Assistant Attorney General Miriam Maria Naveira de Rodón
1973-76 Assistant Solicitor General
Since 1985 Judge in the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.

1968-72 Secretary of Labour Julia Rivera de Vincenti

1972-76 Secretary of Social Services Elisa Díaz-Gonzáles

1976-84 Secretary of Drug Addiction Services Sila Nazario de Ferrer
Between 1972-76 Alternate Speaker of Senate.

1976-80 Secretary of Consumer Affairs Carmen T. Pesquera de Busquets

1980-84 Secretary of The Treasury Carmen Ana Culpeper

1980-94 Secretary of Education María Socorro Lacot

1980-84 Secretary of National Resources Hilda Diaz Soltero

1984-88 Secretary of Education Awilda Aponte Roque

1984-88 Secretary of Social Services Carmen Sonia Zayes

1987-92 Secretary of Drug Addiction Service Isabel S. de Martinez

1987-97 Comptroller Ilena M. Colon-Carlo

1986-90 Secretary of Interior Sila Maria Calderón Serra de Krans
1988-98 Secretary of State
2001-05 Governor
Mayor of San Juan (The Capital) 1997-2001 and since 1999 President of Partido Popular

1988-89 Secretary of Housing Vydia Garcia Goméz

1992-97 Secretary of Education Miriam Rodríguez de Lopéz

1993-94 Secretary of Justice Enid Martinez-Noya

1993-97 Secretary of Drug Addiction Service Astrid Oyolo de Beñitez

1993-94 Secretary of Social Services Carmen Rodríguez de Rivera
1997-98 Secretary of Social Services
1998-2001 Secretary of Family

1994-2001 Secretary of Health Dr. Carmen A. Feliciano de Melecio

1995-99 Secretary of State and Secretary of the Planning Board Norma E. Burgos Andújar
First Vice-President of Partido Nuevo Progresista since 1998 and Senator from 2000.

1997-2001 Secretary of Housing Ana Carmen Almañy

1998-2001 Secretary of The Treasury Xenia Vélez Silva

1998-2001 Secretary of Prisons and Rehabilitation Nydia M. Cotto Vives

1999-2001 Secretary of Labor and Human Resources Aurea Ramirez

2001-05 Secretary of Justice Anabelle Rodríguez
She was Deputy Procurator General 1986-92

2001-09 Secretary of the Family Yolanda Zayas Santana

2001-05 Secretary of Housing Elena Echegoyen

2001-05 Secretary Department of Correction and Rehabilitation Zoé Laboy Alvarado

2001-05 Executive Director of Management and Budget Melba Acosta

2001- Administrator of Labour Rights María del Carmen Fuentes

2001-05 Administrator of Development and Better Housing Julia Torres

2001-05 Administrator of Cooperatives Irma Hilerio Arroyo

2001-05 Administrator of Vocational Rehabilitation María Rosa Iturregui Gonzáles

2001-05 Administrator of General Services Carmen Edda Lugo Rodríguez

2001-05 Administrator of the Retirement System Marisol Marchand

2001-05 Administrator of  Support of the Minors Aleida Varona Méndez

2001-05 Administrator of the Tribunals Mercedes M. Baumeister

2001-05 Administrator of the Office of Federal Administration in Washington Maria del Carmen Fuentes

2002-09 Administrator of Family and Children Carmen Nazario

2005 Secretary of State Marisara Pont Marchese
A lecturer at Puerto Rico's University she was President of the Commission of Transmission 2004-05.

2005-09 Secretary of Education Dr. Gloria E. Baquero Lleras

2005-09 Secretary of Health Dr. Rosa Pérez Perdomo

2005-09 President of the Industrial Commission Siomari Collazo Colón

2005-09 Administrator of Human Resources Marta T. Beltrán Dones

2005-09 General Coordinator of Special Communities Julia Torres Hernández

2008 Secretary of Sports and Recreation Lucy Molinary

2009-11 Director of the Office of Management and Budget María A. Sánchez Bras

2009–10 Secretary of Education Odette Piñeiro

2009-13 Secretary of Family Yanitzia Irizarry

2009-13 Administrator of Industry Marisela Santiago Echevarría

2009-13 Administrator of Families and Children Mayra López Carrero

2009-13 Administrator of the Services of Mental Health and Against Addictions Nydia Díaz Ortíz

2009-13 Assistant to the Governor for Federal Affairs Annie Mayol

2010-13 Comptroller Yesmín Valdivieso

2012-13 Acting Secretary of Labour Elvira M. Cancio

2013-17 Secretary of the Treasury Melba Acosta Febo
Former Director of the Office of Management and Budget and a former Chief of Staff of the municipality of San Juan

2013-17 Secretary of Agriculture Myrna Comas Pagán

2013-17 Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources Carmen Guerrero Pérez

2013-17 Secretary of Family Affairs Idalia Colón Rondón

2013-17 Cabinet Member and Chief of Staff Ingrid Vila Biaggi

2013-17 Administrator for the Socioeconomic Development of the Family Marta Elsa Fernández

2013-17 Administrator for Child Care and the Integrated Development of Childhood Olga Bernardy

2013-17 Administrator for Child Support Rosabelle Padín

2013-17 Administrator for Families and Children Vanessa J. Pintado

2017- Secretary of Justice Wanda Vázquez

2017- Designate Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources Tania Vázquez Rivera