The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico was founded in 1967. Since then, the party has been led by 12 different presidents in 16 terms of leadership. Every president of the political party has held a position in the Puerto Rican government. The first party president was Luis A. Ferré, who served from 1967 to 1974. The presidents who served twice are: Carlos Romero Barceló, who served from 1974 to 1987 and again from 1989 to 1991, Pedro Rosselló, who served from 1991 to 1999 and again from 2003 to 2008 and Carlos Pesquera who served from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2001 to 2003, and the current president of the New Progressive Party is Pedro Pierluisi and Governor of Puerto Rico, who served from January 2013 to June 2016, and from August 2020 to present.
