Solicitor General of Puerto Rico
| Solicitor General of Puerto Rico | |
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Incumbent Fernando Figueroa Santiago since January 2, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-01-02) | |
| Department of Justice | |
| Nominator | Governor |
| Appointer | Governor with advice and consent from the Senate |
| Term length | 4 years |
| Formation | Established by Act 205 of 2004. |
The Solicitor General of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Procurador General de Puerto Rico) is the attorney who represents the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in all civil and criminal matters in which it is a party or has an interest, and which are handled on appeal or in any other manner in any territorial court of Puerto Rico, U.S. federal court, or state/territorial court of another jurisdiction.[1] The Solicitor General reports directly to the Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico and leads the Office of the Solicitor General of Puerto Rico.[1] The current Solicitor General is Fernando Figueroa Santiago.
Solicitors General
- 1959-1967: Juan B. Fernandez-Badillo
- 1968-1969: Rafael Rivera Cruz
- 1969-1972: Gilberto Gierbolini-Ortiz
- 1973-1976: Miriam Naveira
- 1977-1982: Héctor Rivera Cruz
- 1985-1989: Rafael Ortiz Carrión
- 1989–1991: Jorge E. Pérez-Díaz
- 1991-1992: Anabelle Rodríguez Rodríguez
- 1993-1996: Pedro A. Delgado Hernández
- 1997-1999: Carlos Lugo Fiol
- 1999-2000: Gustavo A. Gelpí
- 2000-2000: Luis Cotto Roman
- 2001-2004: Roberto Sánchez Ramos
- 2005-2008: Salvador J. Antonetti Stutts
- 2008-2008: Maite Oronoz Rodríguez
- 2009-2010: Irene Soroeta Kodesh
- 2011-2012: Luis R. Román Negrón
- 2013–2017: Margarita Mercado Echegaray
- 2017–2018: Luis R. Román Negrón
- 2018–2020: Isaías Sánchez Báez
- 2021-current: Fernando Figueroa Santiago
References
- ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
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Solicitor General of the Caribbean
- British West Indies
- Danish West Indies
- Dutch Caribbean
- Caribbean Netherlands
- Netherlands Antilles
- French West Indies
- West Indies Federation
Indies
| Antilles |
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| Lucayan Archipelago |
Sea
- Aves Island
- San Andrés and Providencia
- Bajo Nuevo Bank~
- Serranilla Bank~
continental
zone
- Quintana Roo
- Cozumel
| Central America |
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| South America |
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groupings
may include:
- Bermuda#
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Nicaragua
| Yucatán Peninsula |
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| The Guianas |
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N.B.: Territories in italics are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies.
^These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which *the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.
†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.
ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ~Disputed territories administered by Colombia.
#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.
