25th Senate of Puerto Rico

25th Senate of Puerto Rico
In session
January 2, 2013 – January 1, 2017
Leadership
President	Eduardo Bhatia
President pro tem	José Luis Dalmau
Majority Leader	Aníbal José Torres
Majority Whip	Rossana López
Minority Leader	Larry Seilhamer
Minority Whip	Carmelo Ríos
Non-officers
Secretary	to be determined
Sergeant-at-Arms	to be determined
Structure
Seats	27 voting members
Parties represented	PPD PNP PIP
Legislature
17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
Lower house
29th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
Sessions
1st January 14, 2013 – January 12, 2014 2nd January 13, 2014 – January 11, 2015 3rd January 12, 2015 – January 10, 2016 4th January 11, 2016 – January 1, 2017

The 25th Senate of Puerto Rico is the upper house of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico and will meet from January 2, 2013, to January 1, 2017. All members were elected in the General Elections of 2012. The Senate has a majority of members from the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).

The body is counterparted by the 29th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico in the lower house.

Leadership

  PPD    PNP

Office	District	Senator	Party
President	At-large	Eduardo Bhatia	PPD
President pro tempore	At-large	José Luis Dalmau	PPD
Majority Leader	At-large	Aníbal José Torres	PPD
Majority Whip	At-large	Rossana López León	PPD
Minority Leader	At-large	Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez	PNP
Minority Whip	District II - Bayamón	Carmelo Ríos	PNP

Members

Senate Party standings

  18 PPD

  8 PNP

  1 PIP

  PPD    PNP    PIP

District	Name	Political party
At-large	Angel Rosa	PPD
At-large	Aníbal José Torres	PPD
At-large	Antonio Fas Alzamora	PPD
At-large	Cirilo Tirado	PPD
At-large	Eduardo Bhatia	PPD
At-large	Rossana López León	PPD
District I San Juan	José Nadal Power	PPD
District I San Juan	Ramón Luis Nieves	PPD
District IV Mayagüez–Aguadilla	Gilberto Rodríguez	PPD
District IV Mayagüez–Aguadilla	María Teresa González	PPD
District V Ponce	Martín Vargas Morales	PPD
District V Ponce	Ramón Ruiz	PPD
District VI Guayama	Ángel M. Rodríguez Otero	PPD
District VI Guayama	Miguel A. Pereira	PPD
District VII Humacao	Jorge Suárez	PPD
District VII Humacao	José Luis Dalmau	PPD
District VIII Carolina	Luis Daniel Rivera	PPD
District VIII Carolina	Pedro A. Rodríguez	PPD
At-large	Itzamar Peña	PNP
At-large	Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez	PNP
At-large	Margarita Nolasco	PNP
At-large	Thomas Rivera Schatz	PNP
District II Bayamón	Carmelo Ríos	PNP
District II Bayamón	Migdalia Padilla	PNP
District III Arecibo	Ángel Martínez	PNP
District III Arecibo	José Joito Pérez	PNP
At-large	Maria de Lourdes Santiago	PIP

Non-officers

  PPD

Post	Name	Political party
Secretary	to be determined	PPD
Serjeant-at-Arms	to be determined	PPD