The 28th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico was the lower house of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico and met from January 14, 2009, to January 8, 2013. All members were elected in the General Elections of 2008. The House had a majority of members from the New Progressive Party (PNP).
The body was counterparted by the 24th Senate of Puerto Rico in the upper house.
Composition AffiliationParty (Shading indicates majority caucus)TotalPNPPPDPIPVacantEnd of previous legislature 32 18 1 510Begin 37 16 0 541Latest voting share72.5% 27.5%
Leadership Position Name Party District Speaker of the House Jenniffer González Colón PNP At-Large Speaker Pro Tempore Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló PNP District 13 Majority Leader Carlos J. Méndez Núñez PNP District 36 Majority Whip Angel Pérez Otero PNP District 6 Minority Leader Luis Raúl Torres Cruz PPD District 2 Minority Whip Vacant PPD
Membership District Name Party 1 José López Muñoz PNP 2 Luis Raúl Torres Cruz PPD 3 Albita Rivera Ramírez PNP 4 Liza Fernández Rodríguez (2009-2012)Víctor Parés (2012-2013) PNP 5 Jorge Navarro Suárez PNP 6 Angel Perez Otero PNP 7 Luis Pérez Ortíz PNP 8 Antonio Silva Delgado PNP 9 Angel Rodríguez Miranda PNP 10 Bernardo Márquez García PNP 11 María Vega Pagán PNP 12 Héctor Torres Calderón PNP 13 Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló PNP 14 Paula Rodríguez Homs PNP 15 Arnaldo Jiménez Valle PNP 16 Iván Rodríguez (2009-2010)Eric Alfaro (2011-2013) PNP 17 José Rivera Guerra PNP 18 David Bonilla Cortés PNP 19 Charlie Hernández PPD 20 Norman Ramírez Rivera PNP 21 Lydia Méndez Silva PPD 22 Waldemar Quiles Rodríguez PNP 23 Julissa Nolasco Ortíz PNP 24 Luis León Rodríguez PNP 25 Víctor Vassallo Anadón PPD 26 José Jiménez Negrón PNP 27 José Torres Ramírez PPD 28 Rafael Rivera Ortega PNP 29 Pedro Cintrón Rodríguez PNP 30 Jorge Ramos Peña PNP 31 Sylvia Rodríguez Aponte PPD 32 José Varela Fernández PPD 33 Angel Peña Ramírez PNP 34 Cristóbal Colón Ruiz PNP 35 Narden Jaime Espinosa PPD 36 Carlos Méndez Nuñez PNP 37 Angel Bulerín Ramos PNP 38 Eric Correa Rivera PNP 39 Roberto Rivera Ruiz PPD 40 Elizabeth Casado Irizarry PNP At-Large José Chico Vega PNP Rolando Crespo (2009-2011)José E. Meléndez Ortíz (2011-2013) PNP Jenniffer González Colón PNP María de Lourdes Ramos Rivera PNP Iris Miriam Ruíz (2009-2010)José Torres Zamora (2010-2013) PNP Héctor Ferrer (2009-2012)Eduardo Ferrer (2012-2013) PPD Jorge Colberg Toro* PPD Luis Vega Ramos PPD José F. Aponte Hernández PNP Carmen Cruz Soto PPD Luis Farinacci* (2009-2011)Pedro Rodríguez González (2011-2013) PPD Rafael Hernández Montañez* PPD Brenda López de Arrarás PPD Jaime Perelló Borrás PPD
[*] Elected by Addition (Defeated in elections, but holds a seat because of Section 9 of Article III of the Constitution. See above.)
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