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Jenniffer González ____ sworn in as the new _____ of Puerto Rico last Thursday, at a ____ on the steps of the Capitol in Old San Juan.
In ___way, González became the third ____ to hold this position in the island’s history and the thirteenth _____ to hold it under the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
The first____ Sila María Calderón (2001-2005), who won the 2000 elections with the Popular Democratic Party. Wanda Vázquez was the second woman to be ____ of Puerto Rico, but she was not elected by the island’s ____.
González won the past _____ for Governor in Puerto Rico. She is a _____ of the New Progressive Party (PNP).
González _____ served as Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner in Washington (2017-2024), in which she acted as a de facto _____ in the House of Representatives, with the right to speak but not to vote. She was the first woman to hold that _____.
Source: CNN Español
Jenniffer González was sworn in as the new Governor of Puerto Rico last Thursday, at a ceremony on the steps of the Capitol in Old San Juan.
In this way, González became the third woman to hold this position in the island’s history and the thirteenth person to hold it under the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
The first was Sila María Calderón (2001-2005), who won the 2000 elections with the Popular Democratic Party. Wanda Vázquez was the second woman to be Governor of Puerto Rico, but she was not elected by the island’s voters.
González won the past elections for Governor in Puerto Rico. She is a member of the New Progressive Party (PNP).
González previously served as Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner in Washington (2017-2024), in which she acted as a de facto Congresswoman in the House of Representatives, with the right to speak but not to vote. She was the first woman to hold that position.
Source: CNN Español
