Pedro R. Pierluisi

A Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico. Born in San Juan, P. R. , April 26, 1959. B. A. , Tulane University, New Orleans, La. , 1981. J. D. , George Washington University, Washington, D. C. , 1984. Lawyer, private practice. Staff, Resident Commissioner Baltasar Corrada del Rio of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico secretary of justice, 1993-1996. Elected as a New Progressive to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress to a four-year term in 2008 and reelected to the succeeding four-year term in 2012 (January 3, 2009-January 3, 2017). Caucused with the Democratic Party. Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for Governor of Puerto Rico in 2016. Governor of Puerto Rico, 2021-2025.