Thomas Rivera Schatz
Thomas Rivera Schatz | |
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Rivera Schatz in 2025 | |
| President of the Puerto Rico Senate | |
| Assumed office January 2, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | José Luis Dalmau |
| In office January 2, 2017 – January 2, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Eduardo Bhatia |
| Succeeded by | José Luis Dalmau |
| In office January 2, 2009 – January 2, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Kenneth McClintock |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo Bhatia |
| Minority Leader of the Puerto Rico Senate | |
| In office January 2, 2021 – January 2, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Eduardo Bhatia |
| Succeeded by | Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz |
| Chair of the New Progressive Party | |
Acting | |
| In office July 22, 2019 – August 16, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Ricardo Rosselló |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Pierluisi |
| Member of the Puerto Rico Senate from the at-large district | |
| Assumed office January 2, 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 10, 1966 The Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Party | New Progressive |
| Other political affiliations | Republican |
| Relatives | José Rivera Díaz (father) |
| Education | Interamerican University of Puerto Rico (BA) Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law (JD) |
Thomas Rivera Schatz (born June 10, 1966), also known by his initials TRS, is a Puerto Rican politician, legal advisor, attorney, and former prosecutor, who was the fourteenth, sixteenth and is currently the eighteenth President of the Senate of Puerto Rico. He is affiliated with New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico (abbr. PNP in Spanish) and the USA's Republican Party.
His tenure as president of the senate has been marred with multiple scandals regarding ghost employees on the payroll of his office, and the conviction of several of his closest colleagues and subordinates on corruption charges, including Héctor Martínez Maldonado, José Gómez Zaldo, Juan Carlos Acosta Ramírez, Alex Emille Martínez Morales, among others.