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style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/Domingo_Emanuelli" title="Domingo Emanuelli">Domingo Emanuelli</a><br /></div>since January 2, 2021</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico_Department_of_Justice" title="Puerto Rico Department of Justice">Department of Justice</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nominator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Governor of Puerto Rico">Governor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Governor of Puerto Rico">Governor</a><br /><small>with <a href="/wiki/Advice_and_consent" title="Advice and consent">advice and consent</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Senate of Puerto Rico">Senate</a></small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of 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class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Other branches</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Judiciary of Puerto Rico">Judicial branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_branch_of_the_government_of_Puerto_Rico" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative branch of the government of Puerto Rico">Legislative branch</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar 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href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>: <i lang="es">Procurador general de Puerto Rico</i>) prior to the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Constitution of Puerto Rico">Constitution of Puerto Rico</a> in 1952) is the <a href="/wiki/Chief_legal_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief legal officer">chief legal officer</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Attorney_general" title="Attorney general">attorney general</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Government of Puerto Rico">government of Puerto Rico</a>. The Secretary of Justice is second in <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico_gubernatorial_line_of_succession" title="Puerto Rico gubernatorial line of succession">line of succession</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Governor of Puerto Rico">governorship of Puerto Rico</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attorneys_general">Attorneys general</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_Justice_of_Puerto_Rico&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Attorneys general"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The attorney general was appointed by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president of the United States</a> and confirmed by the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate">U.S. Senate</a>. </p> <ul><li>1908–1910: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_W._Hoyt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Henry W. Hoyt (page does not exist)">Henry W. Hoyt</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1910–1912: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Foster_H._Brown&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Foster H. Brown (page does not exist)">Foster H. Brown</a></li> <li>1912–1914: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Walcott_H._Pitkin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Walcott H. Pitkin (page does not exist)">Walcott H. Pitkin</a></li> <li>1914–1919: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Howard_L._Kern&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Howard L. Kern (page does not exist)">Howard L. Kern</a></li> <li>1919–1923: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Salvador_Mestre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Salvador Mestre (page does not exist)">Salvador Mestre</a></li> <li>1923–1925: <a href="/wiki/Herbert_P._Coats" title="Herbert P. Coats">Herbert P. Coats</a></li> <li>1925–1928: <a href="/wiki/George_C._Butte" title="George C. Butte">George C. Butte</a></li> <li>1928–1932: <a href="/wiki/James_R._Beverley" title="James R. Beverley">James R. Beverley</a></li> <li>1932–1933: <a href="/wiki/Charles_E._Winter" title="Charles E. Winter">Charles E. Winter</a></li> <li>1933–1935: <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Jason_Horton" title="Benjamin Jason Horton">Benjamin Jason Horton</a></li> <li>1935–1939: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Benigno_Fern%C3%A1ndez_Garc%C3%ADa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Benigno Fernández García (page does not exist)">Benigno Fernández García</a></li> <li>1940–1942: <a href="/wiki/George_A._Malcolm" title="George A. Malcolm">George A. Malcolm</a></li> <li>1943–1944: <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Ramos" title="Manuel Rodríguez Ramos">Manuel Rodríguez Ramos</a> - Interim</li> <li>1944: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jes%C3%BAs_A._Gonz%C3%A1lez&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jesús A. González (page does not exist)">Jesús A. González</a> - Interim</li> <li>1945: <a href="/wiki/Luis_Negr%C3%B3n_Fern%C3%A1ndez" title="Luis Negrón Fernández">Luis Negrón Fernández</a> - Interim</li> <li>1945–1946: <a href="/wiki/Enrique_Campos_del_Toro" title="Enrique Campos del Toro">Enrique Campos del Toro</a></li> <li>1947–1948: <a href="/wiki/Luis_Negr%C3%B3n_Fern%C3%A1ndez" title="Luis Negrón Fernández">Luis Negrón Fernández</a></li> <li>1949–1951: <a href="/wiki/Vicente_Geigel_Polanco" title="Vicente Geigel Polanco">Vicente Geigel Polanco</a></li> <li>1951–1952: <a href="/wiki/V%C3%ADctor_Guti%C3%A9rrez_Franqui" title="Víctor Gutiérrez Franqui">Víctor Gutiérrez Franqui</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Secretaries">Secretaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_Justice_of_Puerto_Rico&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Secretaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Constitution of Puerto Rico">Constitution of Puerto Rico</a>, adopted in 1952, the office of Attorney General was renamed to Secretary of Justice. The secretary is appointed by the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Governor of Puerto Rico">Governor of Puerto Rico</a> and confirmed by the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Senate of Puerto Rico">Senate of Puerto Rico</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1952: <a href="/wiki/V%C3%ADctor_Guti%C3%A9rrez_Franqui" title="Víctor Gutiérrez Franqui">Víctor Gutiérrez Franqui</a></li> <li>1953–1957: <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Tr%C3%ADas_Monge" title="José Trías Monge">José Trías Monge</a></li> <li>1957–1958: <a href="/wiki/Juan_B._Fernandez-Badillo" title="Juan B. Fernandez-Badillo">Juan B. Fernandez-Badillo</a></li> <li>1959–1965: <a href="/wiki/Hiram_Rafael_Cancio" title="Hiram Rafael Cancio">Hiram Rafael Cancio</a></li> <li>1965–1967: <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Hern%C3%A1ndez_Col%C3%B3n" title="Rafael Hernández Colón">Rafael Hernández Colón</a></li> <li>1967–1968: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_C._Aponte_Garc%C3%ADa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="José C. Aponte García (page does not exist)">José C. Aponte García</a></li> <li>1969–1970: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Santiago_C._Soler_Favale&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Santiago C. Soler Favale (page does not exist)">Santiago C. Soler Favale</a></li> <li>1970–1971: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bl%C3%A1s_C._Herrero_Marrero&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blás C. Herrero Marrero (page does not exist)">Blás C. Herrero Marrero</a></li> <li>1972: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wallace_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Oliver&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wallace González Oliver (page does not exist)">Wallace González Oliver</a></li> <li>1973–1975: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Francisco_De_Jes%C3%BAs-Schuck&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Francisco De Jesús-Schuck (page does not exist)">Francisco De Jesús-Schuck</a></li> <li>1975–1976: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Carlos_R._Rios-Gautier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carlos R. Rios-Gautier (page does not exist)">Carlos R. Rios-Gautier</a></li> <li>1977–1981: <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Gim%C3%A9nez_Mu%C3%B1oz" title="Miguel Giménez Muñoz">Miguel Giménez Muñoz</a></li> <li>1981–1983: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hector_Reichard_De_Cardona&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hector Reichard De Cardona (page does not exist)">Hector Reichard De Cardona</a></li> <li>1983–Sept.1983: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerardo_Carlo_Altieri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gerardo Carlo Altieri (page does not exist)">Gerardo Carlo Altieri</a></li> <li>Sept.–Dec. 1983:<a href="/w/index.php?title=Carmen_Rita_Velez_Borras&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carmen Rita Velez Borras (page does not exist)">Carmen Rita Velez Borras</a></li> <li>1984–1991: <a href="/w/index.php?title=H%C3%A9ctor_Rivera_Cruz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Héctor Rivera Cruz (page does not exist)">Héctor Rivera Cruz</a></li> <li>1991–1992: <a href="/wiki/Jorge_E._P%C3%A9rez-D%C3%ADaz" title="Jorge E. Pérez-Díaz">Jorge E. Pérez-Díaz</a></li> <li>1993–1997: <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Pierluisi" title="Pedro Pierluisi">Pedro Pierluisi</a></li> <li>1997–2000: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Fuentes_Agostini&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="José Fuentes Agostini (page does not exist)">José Fuentes Agostini</a></li> <li>January 2, 2001 – July 31, 2004: <a href="/wiki/Anabelle_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Anabelle Rodríguez">Anabelle Rodríguez</a></li> <li>August 11, 2004 – December 31, 2004: <a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Vazquez_Irizarry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Vazquez Irizarry (page does not exist)">William Vazquez Irizarry</a></li> <li>January 2, 2005 – December 31, 2008: <a href="/wiki/Roberto_S%C3%A1nchez_Ramos" title="Roberto Sánchez Ramos">Roberto Sánchez Ramos</a></li> <li>January 2, 2009 – October 24, 2010: <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Sagard%C3%ADa" title="Antonio Sagardía">Antonio Sagardía</a></li> <li>October 24, 2010 – December 31, 2012: <a href="/wiki/Guillermo_Somoza" title="Guillermo Somoza">Guillermo Somoza</a></li> <li>January 2, 2013 – December 28, 2013: <a href="/wiki/Luis_S%C3%A1nchez_Betances" title="Luis Sánchez Betances">Luis Sánchez Betances</a></li> <li>January 23, 2014 – January 2, 2017: <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Miranda" title="César Miranda">César Miranda</a></li> <li>January 2, 2017 – August 2, 2019: <a href="/wiki/Wanda_V%C3%A1zquez_Garced" title="Wanda Vázquez Garced">Wanda Vázquez Garced</a></li> <li>August 2, 2019 – July 16, 2020: <a href="/wiki/Dennise_Longo_Qui%C3%B1ones" title="Dennise Longo Quiñones">Dennise Longo Quiñones</a></li> <li>July 16, 2020 – January 2, 2021: <a href="/wiki/In%C3%A9s_Del_C._Carrau_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Inés Del C. 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Carrau Martínez</a><sup id="cite_ref-Primera_Hora_2019_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Primera_Hora_2019-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 2, 2021 – present: <a href="/wiki/Domingo_Emanuelli" title="Domingo Emanuelli">Domingo Emanuelli</a><sup id="cite_ref-Cavero_2021_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cavero_2021-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_Justice_of_Puerto_Rico&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=x4MwAAAAIAAJ&q=coats"><i>Opinions of the Attorney General of Puerto Rico</i></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_Justice_of_Puerto_Rico&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/04/24/117986340.pdf"><i>VICTIM OF BALLINGER FEUD; 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