Jenniffer González-Colón

Jenniffer González-Colón has been Governor of Puerto Rico since January 2, 2025. She was born in San Juan on August 5, 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, and a Juris Doctor and an LL.M. from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law. She was first elected to the Puerto Rico House of Representatives in a 2002 special election and was later re-elected as an at-large representative. In 2009, at 32, she became the youngest Speaker of the House in Puerto Rico’s history, and she later served as the House minority leader. From 2017 to 2025 she served as Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner in the U.S. House of Representatives, the first woman to hold the office. She is a member of the New Progressive Party (PNP) and has chaired the Republican Party of Puerto Rico.