Third government of Luis Muñoz Marín

This third government of Luis Muñoz Marín followed his second reelection. In many ways it was a continuation of the previous government, with some changes in positions such as the Secretary of Justice, Agriculture, and the same amount of supermajoritarian control of the Senate of Puerto Rico and House of Representatives of Puerto Rico, while the opposition composition shifted from being led by the Puerto Rican Independence Party to the Partido Estadista Republicano, their presence bolstered by virtue of the effects of.

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

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).

Members of the Cabinet
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.

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Governor
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 * rowspan="1" | Governor of Puerto Rico Gobernación de Puerto Rico || Luis Muñoz Marín || style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | || Popular Democratic Party|| 24 July 1952 – 2 January 1965
 * rowspan="1" | Governor of Puerto Rico Gobernación de Puerto Rico || Luis Muñoz Marín || style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | || Popular Democratic Party|| 24 July 1952 – 2 January 1965

Council of Secretaries

 * rowspan="1" | Secretary of State Secretaría de Estado || Roberto Sánchez Vilella || style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | || Popular Democratic Party|| 25 July 1952 - 2 January 1965
 * rowspan="1" | Secretary of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works Secretaría de Agricultura y Comercio y Obras Públicas || Luis Rivera Santos   || style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | || Popular Democratic Party|| 2 January 1957 - 2 January 1965
 * rowspan="2" | Secretary of Justice Secretaría de Justicia || Juan B. Fernández Badillo || style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | || Popular Democratic Party|| 14 January 1957 - 17 December 1958
 * Hiram R. Cancio Vilella || style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | || Popular Democratic Party || 29 January 1958 - 31 August 1965
 * rowspan="1" |Secretary of the Treasury Secretaría de Hacienda || José R. Nogueras || style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | || Popular Democratic Party || 1958 - 1963
 * rowspan="2" | Secretary of Public Instruction Secretaría de Instrucción Pública || Efraín Sánchez Hidalgo|| style="background-color:#DDDDDD"| || Ind. || 1957 - 1960
 * Cándido Oliveras || style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | || Popular Democratic Party || 31 October 1960 - 2 January 1965
 * rowspan="1" | Secretary of Health Secretaría de Salud || Guillermo Arbona Irizarry  || style="background-color:#DDDDDD"| || Ind. || 25 July 1957 - 2 January 1966
 * Hiram R. Cancio Vilella || style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | || Popular Democratic Party || 29 January 1958 - 31 August 1965
 * rowspan="1" |Secretary of the Treasury Secretaría de Hacienda || José R. Nogueras || style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | || Popular Democratic Party || 1958 - 1963
 * rowspan="2" | Secretary of Public Instruction Secretaría de Instrucción Pública || Efraín Sánchez Hidalgo|| style="background-color:#DDDDDD"| || Ind. || 1957 - 1960
 * Cándido Oliveras || style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | || Popular Democratic Party || 31 October 1960 - 2 January 1965
 * rowspan="1" | Secretary of Health Secretaría de Salud || Guillermo Arbona Irizarry  || style="background-color:#DDDDDD"| || Ind. || 25 July 1957 - 2 January 1966
 * Cándido Oliveras || style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | || Popular Democratic Party || 31 October 1960 - 2 January 1965
 * rowspan="1" | Secretary of Health Secretaría de Salud || Guillermo Arbona Irizarry  || style="background-color:#DDDDDD"| || Ind. || 25 July 1957 - 2 January 1966
 * rowspan="1" | Secretary of Health Secretaría de Salud || Guillermo Arbona Irizarry  || style="background-color:#DDDDDD"| || Ind. || 25 July 1957 - 2 January 1966
 * rowspan="1" | Secretary of Health Secretaría de Salud || Guillermo Arbona Irizarry  || style="background-color:#DDDDDD"| || Ind. || 25 July 1957 - 2 January 1966
 * rowspan="1" | Secretary of Health Secretaría de Salud || Guillermo Arbona Irizarry  || style="background-color:#DDDDDD"| || Ind. || 25 July 1957 - 2 January 1966


 * rowspan="1" | Secretary of Labor Secretaría del Trabajo || Fernando Sierra Berdecía  || style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | || Popular Democratic Party  || 25 July 1952 - 1962


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