29th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||
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In session | |||||||||||||||||
January 2, 2013 – January 1, 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
Leadership | |||||||||||||||||
Speaker | Jaime Perelló | ||||||||||||||||
Speaker pro tem | Roberto Rivera | ||||||||||||||||
Majority Leader | Charlie Hernández | ||||||||||||||||
Majority Whip | Carlos Bianchi Angleró | ||||||||||||||||
Minority Leader | Jenniffer González | ||||||||||||||||
Minority Whip | Johnny Méndez | ||||||||||||||||
Non-officers | |||||||||||||||||
Secretary | Aileen Figueroa | ||||||||||||||||
Sergeant-at-Arms | Norberto Olmeda | ||||||||||||||||
Structure | |||||||||||||||||
Seats | 51 voting members | ||||||||||||||||
Parties represented |
28 PPD 23 PNP |
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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 | |||||||||||||||||
Upper house | |||||||||||||||||
25th Senate 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 29th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico is the lower house of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico and will meet from January 14, 2013, to January 8, 2017. All members were elected in the General Elections of 2012. The House has a majority of members from the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).
The body is counterparted by the 25th Senate of Puerto Rico in the upper house.