Full Biography

Pedro R. Pierluisi has been Puerto Rico’s sole Member of Congress, known as the Resident Commissioner, since January 2009.  He represents 3.5 million U.S. citizens, the most of any member of the U.S. House of Representatives.   

In the current 114th Congress (2015-2016), Congressman Pierluisi is a member of two committees.  He serves on the House Judiciary Committee, and is a member of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, and the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.  He also serves on the House Natural Resources Committee, and is a member of the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs, and the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

In previous years, Congressman Pierluisi also served on the House Ethics Committee and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Born in San Juan, Congressman Pierluisi is an attorney with 24 years of legal experience in the public and private sector.  He is a graduate of Tulane University and The George Washington University Law School. He began his career in Washington, working for six years as a litigator at an internationally-recognized law firm.  From 1993 to 1996, Pierluisi served as Attorney General of Puerto Rico. In that role, he supervised over 500 attorneys and argued two landmark constitutional law cases before the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. He was active in the National Association of Attorneys General and served as Chairman of its Eastern Region in 1996.

After more than 10 successful years in private law practice, Pierluisi decided to return to public service, running for the position of Resident Commissioner.

Congressman Pierluisi, the son of former Puerto Rico Housing Secretary Jorge Pierluisi and Doris Urrutia, has four children and is married to Maria Elena Carrión.