President of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico

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legislative leadership position political office presiding officer public office

The President of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico is the presiding officer and highest-ranking official of Puerto Rico’s lower legislative chamber, responsible for leading its sessions, setting its agenda, and overseeing its legislative processes.

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Label	Occurrences
President of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative leadership position ⓘ political office ⓘ presiding officer ⓘ public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Puerto Rico ⓘ
country	Puerto Rico ⓘ
electedBy	members of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ⓘ
equivalentTo	Speaker of the House in other legislative systems ⓘ
governmentBranch	legislative branch ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	internal proceedings of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ⓘ
hasPower	to appoint members to certain House committees, subject to rules ⓘ to call the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico to order ⓘ to rule on points of order ⓘ to schedule legislative business ⓘ
highestRankIn	House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ⓘ
inception	20th century ⓘ
languageOfOffice	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of Puerto Rico ⓘ rules of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ⓘ
legislativeChamber	House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ⓘ
locatedIn	San Juan, Puerto Rico ⓘ
memberOf	leadership of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
officeContestedIn	internal election of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ⓘ
officeHolderOf	House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ⓘ
officeType	speaker of a lower house ⓘ
partOf	House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ⓘ Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
positionHeldIn	Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
precededBy	presiding officers of earlier insular legislative bodies of Puerto Rico ⓘ
presidesOver	House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ⓘ
residence	San Juan, Puerto Rico ⓘ
responsibleFor	administering the operations of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ⓘ enforcing the rules of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ⓘ leading legislative sessions of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ⓘ maintaining order during House sessions ⓘ overseeing legislative processes in the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ⓘ recognizing members to speak during debate ⓘ referring bills to committees ⓘ representing the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico in official functions ⓘ setting the legislative agenda of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ⓘ
seat	Capitol of Puerto Rico ⓘ
subordinateTo	constitutional framework of Puerto Rico ⓘ
termType	concurrent with the term of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ⓘ
worksWith	Governor of Puerto Rico ⓘ President of the Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ surface form: Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico

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