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Puerto Rico is a United States territory so Barack Obama would be the head of their government and Alejandro García Padilla is Governor of the territory.

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The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is a self-governing, unincorporated territory of the United States. As of 2013, the governor of Puerto Rico is Alejandro García Padilla,a member of the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) that advocates for Puerto Rican self-determination andsovereignty.
Barack Obama is the Presidential Head of State for Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Congress is their official legislative body. The U.S. House of Representatives hosts one non-voting delegate from the island.

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Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States. Residents of Puerto Rico are US Citizens, thus they can serve in the army and vote in the primaries for presidential elections, but they can't vote in the final election.

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that is not what he and/or she asked at all... The max power in Puerto Rico is governor. so the Governor of Puerto Rico to me at the moment is Luis Fortuño.

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Governor Fortuno.

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