Government of Puerto Rico

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The Government of Puerto Rico is the territorial government responsible for administering the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, with executive, legislative, and judicial branches operating under its own constitution.


Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf public authority
territorial government
appliesToJurisdiction Puerto Rico
constitutionalDocument Constitution of Puerto Rico
surface form: Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
country Puerto Rico
currency US dollar
surface form: United States dollar
dateEstablished 1952
dividesInto municipalities of Puerto Rico
establishedBy Constitution of Puerto Rico
surface form: Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act
executiveHeadTitle Governor of Puerto Rico
follows United States Constitution
surface form: Constitution of the United States
hasAgency Puerto Rico Aqueducts and Sewers Authority
Puerto Rico Department of Education
Puerto Rico Department of Health
Puerto Rico Department of Justice
Puerto Rico Department of Treasury
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority
Puerto Rico Police Bureau
University of Puerto Rico system
hasBudget budget of the Government of Puerto Rico
hasCabinet Council of Secretaries of Puerto Rico
hasCapital San Juan
hasElectionsFor Governor of Puerto Rico
Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
mayors of Puerto Rico
municipal legislatures of Puerto Rico
hasExecutiveBranch Government of Puerto Rico self-linksurface differs
surface form: Executive Branch of Puerto Rico
hasJudicialBranch Judicial Branch of Puerto Rico
hasLegislativeBranch Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
headOfGovernment Governor of Puerto Rico
headOfState President of the United States
judicialBody Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
languageUsed English
Spanish
legalForm commonwealth government
legislativeBody House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
Senate of Puerto Rico
locatedIn Caribbean Sea
United States of America
surface form: United States

West Indies
partOf United States government
surface form: United States federal system

political system of Puerto Rico
subordinateTo United States Congress
federal judiciary of the United States
usesLegalSystem civil law
common law

Referenced by (57)

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

Puerto Rican coat of arms reinstatedBy Government of Puerto Rico
Council of Secretaries of Puerto Rico subordinateTo Government of Puerto Rico
this entity surface form: Office of the Governor of Puerto Rico
Municipal government of San Juan subordinateTo Government of Puerto Rico
Municipality of Culebra subordinateTo Government of Puerto Rico
Capitol of Puerto Rico symbolOf Government of Puerto Rico
this entity surface form: government of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican coat of arms usedBy Government of Puerto Rico
Council of Secretaries of Puerto Rico worksWith Government of Puerto Rico
this entity surface form: Office of the Governor of Puerto Rico