President of the Senate of Puerto Rico

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legislative leadership position political office presiding officer public office in Puerto Rico

The President of the Senate of Puerto Rico is the presiding officer and highest-ranking member of Puerto Rico’s upper legislative chamber, responsible for leading its sessions and overseeing its legislative agenda.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Presidente del Senado de Puerto Rico	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative leadership position ⓘ political office ⓘ presiding officer ⓘ public office in Puerto Rico ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ
appointedBy	Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	legislative branch of Puerto Rico ⓘ
counterpart	President of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ⓘ
country	Puerto Rico ⓘ
createdBy	Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917 ⓘ surface form: Jones–Shafroth Act
electedBy	members of the Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	internal proceedings of the Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ
hasPower	to appoint certain Senate officers subject to rules ⓘ to call the Senate to order ⓘ to rule on points of order ⓘ to schedule matters for consideration in the Senate ⓘ
highestRankingMemberOf	Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ
inception	1917 ⓘ
isOneOf	two top leaders of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
isPositionIn	bicameral legislature of Puerto Rico ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of Puerto Rico ⓘ Rules of the Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ
legislativeChamber	Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ
location	San Juan ⓘ surface form: San Juan, Puerto Rico
nativeLabel	President of the Senate of Puerto Rico self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Presidente del Senado de Puerto Rico
nativeLabelLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
officeType	legislative presiding officer ⓘ parliamentary speaker ⓘ
partOf	Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ
positionHeldInOrganization	Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ
presidesOver	Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ sessions of the Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ
reportsTo	Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ
responsibleFor	coordinating with the President of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ⓘ enforcing the rules of the Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ leading legislative sessions of the Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ maintaining order during Senate debates ⓘ overseeing the legislative agenda of the Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ participating in the legislative agenda of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ recognizing members to speak ⓘ referring bills to committees ⓘ representing the Senate in official functions ⓘ signing bills and resolutions passed by the Senate ⓘ
seat	Capitol of Puerto Rico ⓘ
selectionMethod	election by senators ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rules of the Senate of Puerto Rico → enforcedBy → President of the Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ

Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico → hasLeader → President of the Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ

President of the Senate of Puerto Rico → nativeLabel → President of the Senate of Puerto Rico self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Presidente del Senado de Puerto Rico

Senate of Puerto Rico → presidingOfficerTitle → President of the Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ

President of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico → worksWith → President of the Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ