Pedro Pierluisi

Pedro Pierluisi
Governor of Puerto Rico
In office
January 2, 2021 – January 2, 2025
Preceded byWanda Vázquez Garced
Succeeded byJenniffer González
In office
August 2, 2019 – August 7, 2019[a]
De facto
Preceded byRicardo Rosselló
Succeeded byWanda Vázquez Garced
Secretary of State of Puerto Rico
In office
July 31, 2019 – August 2, 2019
Acting
Preceded byMaría Marcano de León (acting)
Succeeded byMaría Marcano de León (acting)
Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
In office
January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2017
Preceded byLuis Fortuño
Succeeded byJenniffer González
Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico
In office
January 2, 1993 – January 2, 1997
GovernorPedro Rosselló
Preceded byHéctor Rivera Cruz
Succeeded byJosé Fuentes Agostini
Personal details
Born
Pedro Rafael Pierluisi

(1959-04-26) April 26, 1959 (age 65)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Political partyNew Progressive
Other political
affiliations
Democratic
Spouse(s)María Rojo (1981–1998)
María Carrión (2007–2019)
Fabiola Ansótegui (m. 2024)
Children4
RelativesJosé Jaime Pierluisi (brother)
EducationTulane University (BA)
George Washington University (JD)

Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia (born April 26, 1959) is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer who served as the Governor of Puerto Rico from 2021 to 2025, having previously been the de facto governor from August 2–7, 2019. A member of New Progressive and Democratic Parties, he previously served as acting Secretary of State of Puerto Rico in 2019, as Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico from 2009 to 2017, and as Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 1997. He was formerly a private attorney for Puerto Rico's fiscal oversight board under the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act.

Pierluisi lost the New Progressive nomination in the 2024 gubernatorial election to Jenniffer González-Colón.
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