25th Senate of Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||
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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 Leaders |
Larry Seilhamer María de Lourdes Santiago |
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Minority Whip | Carmelo Ríos | ||||||||||||||||
Non-officers | |||||||||||||||||
Secretary | Tania Barbarossa | ||||||||||||||||
Sergeant-at-Arms | Luis A. Ramos Rivera | ||||||||||||||||
Structure | |||||||||||||||||
Seats | 27 voting members | ||||||||||||||||
Parties represented |
18 PPD 8 PNP 1 PIP |
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Length of term | 4 years | ||||||||||||||||
Elections | |||||||||||||||||
Last election | November 6, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
Next election | November 8, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
Legislature | |||||||||||||||||
17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||
Lower house | |||||||||||||||||
29th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||
Sessions | |||||||||||||||||
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1st | January 14, 2013 – June 30, 2013 |
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2nd | August 19, 2013 – November 19, 2013 |
3rd | January 13, 2014 – June 30, 2014 |
4th | August 18, 2014 – November 18, 2014 |
5th | January 12, 2015 – June 30, 2015 |
6th | August 17, 2015 – November 17, 2015 |
7th | January 11, 2016 – June 30, 2016 |
8th | August 15, 2016 – November 15, 2016 |
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.