Government of Wanda Vázquez Garced

The government of Wanda Vázquez Garced was formed the week following the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rosselló Nevares as a result of the massive protests resulting from the Telegramgate scandal, and a Supreme Court decision that vacated the office from an invalid occupant.

Background
While the Secretary of State, Luis G. Rivera Marín, would have been the successor, his involvement in the scandal forced his resignation earlier in July 2019. Rosselló Nevares attempted to name a successor in Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia by nominating him for the Secretary of State, but his confirmation was stalled in the 18th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico.

The situation led to confusion as Rosselló resigned without a confirmed Secretary of State, who at the same time swore in on his own ceremony, becoming de facto governor. After a week, the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico decided in 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.

Pierluisi vacated the Palace of Santa Catalina at noon of 7 August 2019, and Wanda Vázquez Garced was sworn that day at 5pm as the 13th Constitutional Governor of Puerto Rico. Her New Progressive Party (PNP) had majorities on both chambers of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico and she inherited several cabinet members from the previous government.

Party breakdown
Party breakdown of cabinet members, not including the governor:

The cabinet was composed of members of the PNP and two independents or technical positions (or people whose membership in a party was not clearly ascertained from any available media).

Members of the Cabinet
The Puerto Rican Cabinet is led by the Governor, along with, starting in 1986., the Secretary of Governance. The Cabinet is composed of all members of the Constitutional Council of Secretaries, who are the heads of the executive departments, along with other Cabinet-level officers who report directly to the Governor of Puerto Rico or to the Secretary of Governance, but who are not heads nor members of  an executive office. All the Cabinet-level officers are at the same bureaucratic level as of the Secretaries

{| class="wikitable" border="1" ! Office ! Name ! colspan="2" | Party ! Term ! colspan="9"|
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Governor
Gobernación de Puerto Rico || Wanda Vázquez Garced || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP|| 7 August 2019 – 2 January 2021 ! colspan="9"|
 * rowspan="1" | Governor of Puerto Rico
 * rowspan="1" | Governor of Puerto Rico

Office of the Governor
Secretaría de la Gobernación || Zoé Laboy Alvarado || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP|| 21 August 2019 – 31 December 2019 Presidencia de la Junta de Planificación || María del Carmen Gordillo Pérez || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP|| 2 January 2017 – 2 January 2021 Directoría Ejecutiva de PRFAA || Jennifer Storipan || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP || 1 August 2019 – 15 January 2021 ! colspan="9"|
 * rowspan="2" | Secretariat of Governance
 * rowspan="2" | Secretariat of Governance
 * rowspan="2" | Secretariat of Governance
 * Antonio Luis Pabón Batlle || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP|| 31 December 2019 – 2 January 2021
 * rowspan="1" | President of the Puerto Rico Planning Board
 * rowspan="1" | President of the Puerto Rico Planning Board
 * rowspan="1" | President of the Puerto Rico Planning Board
 * rowspan="1" |Executive Director for Federal Affairs
 * rowspan="1" |Executive Director for Federal Affairs

Council of Secretaries
Secretaría de Estado || María Marcano de León (acting) || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP|| 4 August 2019- December 2019 Secretaría de Justicia || Dennise Longo Quiñones || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP|| 18 August 2019 – 7 July 2020 (acting) || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP|| 7 July 2020 – 2 January 2021 Secretaría de Hacienda || Francisco Parés Alicea  || style="background-color:#DDDDDD"| || Ind. || 24 June 2019 – Present Secretaría de Educación || Eligio Hernández Perez  || style="background-color:#DDDDDD"| || Ind. || 8 April  2019 – 31 December 2020 Secretaría del Trabajo y Recursos Humanos || Briseida Torres Reyes || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP || 8 May 2019 – 9 June 2020 Secretaría de Transportación y Obras Públicas || Carlos Contreras Aponte || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP || 2 January 2017 - 1 January 2021 Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico y Comercio || Manuel Laboy Rivera  || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP || 9 January  2017 – 1 January 2021 Secretaría de Salud || Rafael Rodríguez Mercado || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP || 2 January  2017 – 13 March 2020 (acting) || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP || 13 March 2020 – 26 March 2020 Secretaría de Agricultura || Carlos Alberto Flores Ortega || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP || 2 January  2017 – 1 January 2021 Secretaría de Asuntos del Consumidor || Carmen Salgado Rodríguez  || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP || 9 June 2019 – 1 January 2021 Secretaría de Corrección y Rehabilitación || Eduardo Rivera Juanatey || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP || 14 September 2019 – 2 January 2021 Secretaría de la Familia || Glorimar Andújar Matos || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP || 9 January  2017 – 19 January 2020 Secretaría de Vivienda || Fernando Gil Enseñat || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP || 9 January  2017 – 19 January 2020 Secretaría de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales ||  Tania Vázquez Rivera || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP || 2 January 2017 – 7 November 2019 Secretaría de Seguridad Pública || Elmer Román || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP || 2 April 2019-December 2019 Secretaría de Deportes y Recreación || Adriana Sánchez Parés || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP || 15 January 2018 – 1 January 2021 ! colspan="9"|
 * rowspan="3" | Secretary of State
 * rowspan="3" | Secretary of State
 * Elmer Román || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP|| 20 December 2019 – 23 August 2020
 * Raúl Márquez Hernández || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP|| 30 August 2020 – 2 January 2021
 * rowspan="2" | Secretary of Justice
 * Raúl Márquez Hernández || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP|| 30 August 2020 – 2 January 2021
 * rowspan="2" | Secretary of Justice
 * rowspan="2" | Secretary of Justice
 * Inés del Carmen Carrau Martínez
 * Inés del Carmen Carrau Martínez
 * Secretary of the Treasury
 * Secretary of the Treasury
 * rowspan="1" | Secretary of Education
 * rowspan="1" | Secretary of Education
 * rowspan="2" | Secretary of Labor and Human Resources
 * rowspan="2" | Secretary of Labor and Human Resources
 * Carlos Rivera Santiago || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP || 9 June 2020 – 31 December  2021
 * Secretary of Transportation and Public Works
 * Secretary of Transportation and Public Works
 * Secretary of Transportation and Public Works
 * Secretary of Economic Development and Commerce
 * Secretary of Economic Development and Commerce
 * rowspan="3" |Secretary of Health
 * rowspan="3" |Secretary of Health
 * Concepción Quiñones de Longo
 * Concepción Quiñones de Longo
 * Lorenzo González Feliciano || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP || 26 March 2020 – 2 January 2021
 * Secretary of Agriculture
 * Secretary of Agriculture
 * Secretary of Agriculture
 * Secretary of Consumer Affairs
 * Secretary of Consumer Affairs
 * Secretary of Corrections and Rehabilitation
 * Secretary of Corrections and Rehabilitation
 * rowspan="2"| Secretary of Family Affairs
 * rowspan="2"| Secretary of Family Affairs
 * Orlando López Belmonte || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP || 14 May  2020 – 1 January 2021
 * rowspan="2"| Secretary of Housing
 * rowspan="2"| Secretary of Housing
 * rowspan="2"| Secretary of Housing
 * Luis Carlos Fernández Trinchet || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP || 28 January 2020 – 1 January 2021
 * rowspan="2"| Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources
 * Luis Carlos Fernández Trinchet || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP || 28 January 2020 – 1 January 2021
 * rowspan="2"| Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources
 * rowspan="2"| Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources
 * Rafael Machargo Maldonado || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP || 7 February 2020 – 31 March 2022
 * rowspan="2"| Secretary of Public Safety
 * rowspan="2"| Secretary of Public Safety
 * rowspan="2"| Secretary of Public Safety
 * Pedro Janer Román || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP || December 2019-1 January 2021
 * Secretary of Sports and Recreation
 * Secretary of Sports and Recreation
 * Secretary of Sports and Recreation

Other Cabinet-level officers
Inspectoría General || Ivelisse Torres Rivera || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP || 16 January 2019 – Present Directoría Ejecutiva de la Autoridad de Asesoría Financiera y Agencia Fiscal de Puerto Rico || Omar J. Marrero Díaz || style="background-color:#161686" | || PNP || 31 July 2019 – Present
 * Inspector General
 * Inspector General
 * Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority
 * Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority
 * Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority
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