Aida Delgado-Colon

Who is Aida Delgado-Colon?

Aida M. Delgado-Colon is the current chief United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico. Nominated by President George W. Bush in 2005, her nomination was endorsed both by Resident Commissioner and Republican National Committeeman Luis Fortuño as well as Democratic National Committeeman and Puerto Rico Senate President Kenneth McClintock.

She is only the second female on the bench in the District of Puerto Rico, after pioneering District Judge and former Chief Judge Carmen Consuelo Vargas, who has served for nearly three decades. In 2011, she also became the second female Chief Judge in the District of Puerto Rico, succeeding Judge José A. Fusté.