Department of Sports and Recreation of Puerto Rico
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The Department of Sports and Recreation of Puerto Rico is one of the cabinet-level departments within the Government of the United States Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Unlike several of the departments created in the United States territory's 1952 Constitution (including State, Justice, Education, Commerce and Agriculture, among others), the Department of Sports and Recreation was created by statute.

In January 2009 Henry Neumann
Henry Neumann
Henry Neumann, a sportsman and attorney in Puerto Rico, is the current Secretary of the Department of Sports and Recreation of Puerto Rico.A former basketball player, he served for many years as president of Puerto Rico's National Superior Basketball league....

 succeeded Lucy Molinary as Secretary of the department.

The Department's brand new headquarters complex is located in Santurce on the site of an old shantytown on the banks of the Martín Peña Channel.

Secretaries of Sports and Recreation

  • Henry Neumann
    Henry Neumann
    Henry Neumann, a sportsman and attorney in Puerto Rico, is the current Secretary of the Department of Sports and Recreation of Puerto Rico.A former basketball player, he served for many years as president of Puerto Rico's National Superior Basketball league....

     (2009–present)
  • Lucy Molinary (2008)
  • David Bernier (2005–2008)
  • Jorge Fuentes (2001–2004)
  • Eric Labrador (1990s)
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