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((short description|Office charged with carrying out post-audits of the use of public funds in Puerto Rico))
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((more footnotes needed|date=November 2012))
((more citations needed|date=November 2012))
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((Infobox political post
| post = Comptroller
| body = Puerto Rico
| image =
| imagesize = 169px
| incumbent = [[Yesmín M. Valdivieso]]
| incumbentsince = ((start date and age|2010|05|12))
| style = The Honorable
| nominator = [[Governor of Puerto Rico|Governor]]
| appointer = Governor<br /><small>with [[advice and consent]] from the [[Senate of Puerto Rico|Senate]] and the [[House of Representatives of Puerto Rico|House of Representatives]]</small>
| termlength = 10 years
| inaugural = [[Rafael de J. Cordero Orta]]<br />((start date and age|1952|07|25))
| formation = [[Article Three of the Constitution of Puerto Rico|Article IV]] of the [[Constitution of Puerto Rico]]<br />[https://web.archive.org/web/20140812210447/http://www.ocpr.gov.pr/OCPR/creacion_y_funcion/Ley-9-rev.pdf Law No. 9 of 1952]
))

The '''comptroller of Puerto Rico''' is a constitutionally-created office charged with carrying out post-audits of the use of public funds in [[Puerto Rico]].<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.ocpr.gov.pr/OCPR_creacion.htm |title=Creacion y Funcion |access-date=2010-06-06 |url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618190853/http://www.ocpr.gov.pr/OCPR_creacion.htm |archive-date=2010-06-18 |df=mdy-all|website=Office of the Comptroller of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico|language=es-pr ))</ref> The comptroller is appointed by the [[Governor of Puerto Rico]] and requires the [[advice and consent]] of both the [[Senate of Puerto Rico]] as well as the [[Puerto Rico House of Representatives]] for a term of office of ten years and until a successor is nominated, confirmed and qualified.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.ocpr.gov.pr/OCPR/creacion_y_funcion/Ley-9-rev.pdf|title=Law No. 9 of 1952|url-status=unfit|language=es-pr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812210447/http://www.ocpr.gov.pr/OCPR/creacion_y_funcion/Ley-9-rev.pdf |archive-date=2014-08-12|df=mdy-all|website=Office of the Comptroller of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ))</ref> Former Comptroller Manuel Díaz Saldaña's was the longest-serving comptroller, having served almost 13 years, until his successor, Yesmín Valdivieso, was appointed by Governor [[Luis Fortuño]], confirmed and sworn in.

==Comptrollers==
The following people have served as comptrollers:<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.ocpr.gov.pr/OCPR/contralores/OCPR_contralores.htm |title=Contralores de Puerto Rico |access-date=2014-11-23 |url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812202439/http://www.ocpr.gov.pr/OCPR/contralores/OCPR_contralores.htm |archive-date=2014-08-12 |df=mdy-all|language=es-pr|website=Office of the Comptroller of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico))</ref>
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! scope=col| #
! scope=col| Portrait
! scope=col| Name
! scope=col| Took office
! scope=col| Left office
! scope=col| Appointer
|-
! scope=row| 1
|
| [[Rafael de J. Cordero Orta]]
| 1952
| 1961
| [[Luis Muñoz Marín]]
|-
! scope=row| 2
|
| [[Justo Nieves Torres]]
| 1961
| 1971
| [[Luis Muñoz Marín]]
|-
! scope=row| 3
| <!-- Commented out: [[Image:Basilio-santiago-romero-comptroller-of-puerto-rico.jpeg|125px|Basilio Santiago Romero]] -->
| [[Basilio Santiago Romero]]
| 1971
| 1977
| [[Luis A. Ferré]]
|-
! scope=row| 4
| <!-- Commented out: [[Image:Ramon-rivera-marrero-comptroller-of-puerto-rico.jpeg|125px|Ramón Rivera Marrero]] -->
| [[Ramón Rivera Marrero]]
| 1978
| 1986
| [[Carlos Romero Barceló]]
|-
! scope=row| 5
|
| [[Luis M. Malpica]]
| 1986
| 1987
| [[Rafael Hernández Colón]]
|-
! scope=row| 6
|
| [[Ileana Colón Carlo]]
| 1987
| 1997
| [[Rafael Hernández Colón]]
|-
! scope=row| 7
|<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Manuel-diaz-saldana-comptroller-of-puerto-rico.jpeg|125px|]] -->
| [[Manuel Díaz Saldaña]]
| 1997
| 2010
| [[Pedro Rosselló]]
|-
! scope=row| 8
|<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Yesmin-m-valdivieso-comptroller-of-puerto-rico.jpg|125px|]] -->
| [[Yesmín M. Valdivieso]]
| 2010
| present
| [[Luis Fortuño]]
|-
((end))
The term of [[Yesmín M. Valdivieso]] was supposed to end in 2020 and governor [[Wanda Vázquez Garced]] unsuccessfully nominated [[Osvaldo Soto García]] for the position. In 2021 governor [[Pedro Pierluisi]] nominated Manuel Torres Nieves to the post but he has yet to be confirmed to the post by the Senate.<ref>((Cite web|date=2021-03-12|title=Pierluisi designa a Manuel Torres Nieves como contralor de Puerto Rico|url=https://cb.pr/pierluisi-designa-a-manuel-torres-nieves-como-contralor-de-puerto-rico/|access-date=2021-06-10|website=CB en Español|language=en-US))</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Legislative branch of the government of Puerto Rico]]


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