Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is since 1898 a nichtinkorporiertes outer area of ​​the United States. The Caribbean Free State in 1901 for the first time represented by one delegate in the House of Representatives of the United States, which carries the title of Resident Commissioner. This is the only member of the House of Representatives, which is re-elected to a four-year rhythm not every two years, but. As Congress delegate the Resident Commissioner has only one vote in the committees, but not in the House itself

Most Resident Commissioners were or are members of two parties: one from Puerto Rico and United from the States. The compounds of two parties agree in some cases not always coincide. Thus, the current delegate Pedro Pierluisi is just like its predecessor Luis Fortuño member of the Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP), but while Fortuño belongs to the Republicans, Pierluisi is a Democrat.