Secretary of State of Puerto Rico

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The Secretary of State of Puerto Rico is the territory’s chief diplomatic and protocol officer, first in the line of succession to the governorship, and a key member of the executive branch responsible for external relations and official records.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf cabinet-level position
executive branch office
government office
alsoKnownAs Puerto Rico Secretary of State
Secretario de Estado de Puerto Rico
appliesToJurisdiction Puerto Rico
appointedBy Governor of Puerto Rico
canBeRemovedBy Governor of Puerto Rico
constitutionalBasis Article IV of the Constitution of Puerto Rico
country Puerto Rico
hasRight to act as Acting Governor of Puerto Rico in the Governor’s absence
hasWebsite https://estado.pr.gov
headOfGovernmentSuccessionOrder first in line after the Governor of Puerto Rico
inception 1952
isChief chief diplomatic officer of Puerto Rico
chief protocol officer of Puerto Rico
isHeadOf Department of State of Puerto Rico
isInCabinetOf Governor of Puerto Rico
jurisdiction Puerto Rico
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
legalStatus territorial executive office of the United States
lineOfSuccessionTo Governor of Puerto Rico
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity San Juan, Puerto Rico
memberOf Executive Branch of Puerto Rico
nativeLabel Secretario de Estado de Puerto Rico
nominatedBy Governor of Puerto Rico
officeCreatedBy Constitution of Puerto Rico
officeHolderOf Council of Secretaries of Puerto Rico
officeType cabinet secretary
oversees Department of State of Puerto Rico
participatesIn Council of Secretaries of Puerto Rico
partOf Government of Puerto Rico
portfolio diplomatic relations of Puerto Rico
protocol and ceremonial affairs of Puerto Rico
relations with foreign governments and international organizations
relations with the United States federal government
rank first in the constitutional order of succession to the governorship
requires advice and consent of the Senate of Puerto Rico
requiresApprovalBy Senate of Puerto Rico
responsibleFor corporate registrations in Puerto Rico
electoral records support in Puerto Rico
external relations of the Government of Puerto Rico
notarial records in Puerto Rico
official records of the Government of Puerto Rico
protocol affairs of the Government of Puerto Rico
seat San Juan, Puerto Rico
style Honorable
termLength coextensive with the term of the appointing Governor, unless removed or replaced

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Secretary of State of Puerto Rico ("Puerto Rico Secretary of State")
Secretary of State of Puerto Rico ("Secretario de Estado de Puerto Rico")
alsoKnownAs
Article IV – The Executive Branch
definesOffice
Council of Secretaries of Puerto Rico
hasMember
Puerto Rico Department of State
headedBy
Secretary of State of Puerto Rico ("Secretario de Estado de Puerto Rico")
nativeLabel
Secretary of State of Puerto Rico ("Department of State of Puerto Rico")
oversees

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