This third government of Luis Muñoz Marín followed his second reelection.Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 In many ways it was a continuation of the previous government, with some changes in positions such as the Secretary of Justice, Agriculture, and the same amount of supermajoritarian control of the Senate of Puerto Rico and House of Representatives of Puerto Rico, while the opposition composition shifted from being led by the Puerto Rican Independence Party to the Partido Estadista Republicano, their presence bolstered by virtue of the effects of .
Party breakdown Party breakdown of cabinet members, not including the governor:
Popular Democratic Party 5 Independents 2
The cabinet was composed of members of the PPD and two independents or technical positions (or people whose membership in a party was not clearly ascertained from any available media).
Members of the Cabinet The Puerto Rican Cabinet was led by the Governor alone in this period. The Cabinet was composed of all the Secretaries of the executive departments of the Commonwealth government, which at this time was limited to a small number of offices as delineated initially in the Constitution.
Office Name Party Term Governor Governor of Puerto Rico Luis Muñoz Marín Popular Democratic Party 24 July 1952 – 2 January 1965 Council of Secretaries Secretary of State Roberto Sánchez Vilella Popular Democratic Party 25 July 1952 - 2 January 1965 Secretary of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works Luis Rivera Santos Popular Democratic Party 2 January 1957 - 2 January 1965 Secretary of Justice Juan B. Fernández Badillo Popular Democratic Party 14 January 1957 - 17 December 1958 Hiram R. Cancio Vilella Popular Democratic Party 29 January 1958 - 31 August 1965Secretary of the Treasury José R. Nogueras Popular Democratic Party 1958 - 1963 Secretary of Public Instruction Efraín Sánchez Hidalgo Ind. 1957 - 1960 Cándido Oliveras Popular Democratic Party 31 October 1960 - 2 January 1965 Secretary of Health Guillermo Arbona Irizarry Ind. 25 July 1957 - 2 January 1966 Secretary of Labor Fernando Sierra Berdecía Popular Democratic Party 25 July 1952 - 1962
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