Wanda Vázquez Garced

Wanda Emilia Vázquez Garced (born July 9, 1960) is a Puerto Rican politician and attorney who served as Governor of Puerto Rico from 2019 to 2021. Prior to her tenure as governor, she served as the 19th secretary of Justice, from 2017 to 2019. A member of the New Progressive Party and Republican Party of Puerto Rico, Vázquez is the second female governor in Puerto Rican history, after Sila María Calderón. She assumed the office following the resignation of Ricardo Roselló, and the judicial annulation of Pedro Pierluisi's short-lived government, in the aftermath of the Telegramgate Scandal. On August 16, 2020, she failed to secure the New Progressive Party nomination for Governor of Puerto Rico in the 2020 elections, losing to Pedro Pierluisi.

Wanda Vázquez
Garced in 2019
Governor of Puerto Rico
In office
August 7, 2019  January 2, 2021
Preceded byRicardo Rosselló
Pedro Pierluisi (de facto)
Succeeded byPedro Pierluisi
19th Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico
In office
January 2, 2017  August 7, 2019
GovernorRicardo Rosselló
Pedro Pierluisi (de facto)
Preceded byCésar Miranda
Succeeded byDennise Longo Quiñones
Personal details
Born
Wanda Vázquez Garced

(1960-07-09) July 9, 1960
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Political partyNew Progressive
Other political
affiliations
Democratic (before 2019)
Republican (2019–present)
SpouseJorge Díaz Reverón
Children2
EducationUniversity of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras (BA)
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico (JD)

Vázquez Garced's ascension to the governorship was at the epicenter of a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, in the case of Senado de Puerto Rico v. Hon. Pedro R. Pierluisi; Puerto Rico's highest court derogated a clause added by Puerto Rico Law #7 of 2005 (Law No. 7-2005) to the Constitution of Puerto Rico. This annulled Pedro Pierluisi's government, and reinforced the 1952 Constitution's provisions for succession of government.

On August 4, 2022, Vázquez was arrested by the FBI, on charges of corruption, over a bribery case connected to her 2020 gubernatorial campaign; she had demanded the Commissioner of Financial Institutions to resign.

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