Kenneth McClintock

Kenneth McClintock
22nd Secretary of State of Puerto Rico
In office
January 2, 2009 – January 2, 2013
GovernorLuis Fortuño
Preceded byFernando J. Bonilla
Succeeded byDavid Bernier
13th President of the Senate of Puerto Rico
In office
January 10, 2005 – December 31, 2008
GovernorAníbal Acevedo Vilá
Preceded byAntonio Fas Alzamora
Succeeded byThomas Rivera Schatz
Member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from the At-large district
In office
January 2, 1993 – January 2, 2009
Minority Leader of the Senate of Puerto Rico
In office
2001–2005
Preceded byAntonio Fas Alzamora
Succeeded byJosé Luis Dalmau
Personal details
Born
Kenneth Davison McClintock Hernández

(1957-01-19) January 19, 1957 (age 67)
London, United Kingdom
Political partyNew Progressive Party (NPP)
Democratic Party
SpouseMaria Elena Batista (1994–2012; divorced)
Alma materUPRRP College of Business Administration (BBA)
Tulane University Law School (JD)

Kenneth Davison McClintock-Hernández[a] (born January 19, 1957) is a politician who served as the twenty-second Secretary of State of Puerto Rico, one of the four longest serving in that post. McClintock served as co-chair of Hillary Clinton’s National Hispanic Leadership Council in 2008, he co-chaired her successful Puerto Rico primary campaign that year and served as the Thirteenth President of the Senate of Puerto Rico until December 31, 2008. He chaired Luis Fortuño’s Incoming Committee on Government Transition in 2008 and the Outgoing Committee on Government Transition in 2012, the only Puerto Rican to serve in both capacities.[3][4] He was sworn into office as secretary of state on January 2, 2009, by Chief Justice Federico Hernández Denton, fulfilling the role of lieutenant governor (first-in-line of succession) in the islands.[5][6] He was appointed by Governor Pedro Pierluisi as a member of the Civil Rights Commission (Puerto Rico) on February 8, 2024, a nomination pending Senate confirmation.

  1. ^ Kenneth Davison McClintock Hernández Secretario de Estado de Puerto Rico (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on October 24, 2013, retrieved August 3, 2013
  2. ^ Discurso Inaugural, Kenneth D. McClintock Hernández, Decimotercer Presidente del Senado (PDF) (in Spanish), January 10, 2005, archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016, retrieved August 3, 2013
  3. ^ "Listo equipo de Fortuño – Vocero de Puerto Rico". Archived from the original on November 9, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
  4. ^ "Home - el Nuevo Día". Archived from the original on April 20, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  5. ^ "Home - el Nuevo Día". Archived from the original on April 20, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  6. ^ "DLGA :: Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association :: Puerto Rico - Kenneth McClintock". Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved October 21, 2013.


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