Wilson Román is a New Progressive Party (Partido Nuevo Progresista) member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives, representing District 17. The district covers the municipalities of Aguadilla and Moca. Román, whose full name is Wilson J. Román López, was sworn in at the end of October 2018 to fill the vacancy created when Representative José Luis Rivera Guerra resigned that July to return to teaching. Román then won a full term in the 2020 election and was re-elected in 2024.1
A civil engineer, Román completed a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering at the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico in 1999. Román began working for the Puerto Rico Department of Housing in 1998 and in the early 2000s worked in municipal planning and public works for the municipality of Moca. Román served as regional director in Aguadilla for the Public Buildings Authority from 2009 to 2012 and held the same post again in 2017.
In the House, Román is part of the New Progressive Party’s majority leadership and serves as alternate whip. Román’s committee work has included the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, the Committee on the Western Region, where Román has served as vice president, and the Joint Commission on Public-Private Partnerships of the Legislative Assembly.
