Roberto "Junior" Maldonado

Who is Roberto "Junior" Maldonado?

Roberto "Junior" Maldonado is a former member of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico who, in the United States territory's highly politicized environment, will serve under an opposing party's administration.

Elected to the House in 1984, when he defeated incumbent San Juan District 5 Rep. Jorge Navarro-Alicea, he was reelected in 1988, defeated in 1992 and made a comeback in 2000, becoming the House's Majority Leader in 2001. He is the only political figure to have defeated Kenneth McClintock, who ran against him for the House District 5 seat in 1988 and later went on to become president of the Senate of Puerto Rico.

Governor Sila Calderón nominated him to head the Puerto Rico Public Service Commission from 2004 to 2008.

On November 26, 2008, he was tapped by McClintock's successor, incoming Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz to become the Senate's Chief Administrative Officer in 2009, under a New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico's administration.