Appointed by Puerto Rico Governor Sila Calderón following the resignation of Secretary of State Ferdinand Mercado, he served simultaneously as the United States Commonwealth's Secretary of Transportation and Public Works(2001-2002).
Padilla has worked for the Puerto Rico Department of Education as a teacher and school director, and for the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works as the aide of Secretary Carlos Pesquera during the 90s.
Puerto Rico | United States Department of Defense | United States Department of State | United States Department of Justice | United States Department of Agriculture | Committee of Public Safety | United States Department of Energy | United States Department of War | New York Public Library | Public school (government funded) | Works Progress Administration | United States Department of Veterans Affairs | public school | United States Department of the Treasury | War Department | public | Los Angeles Police Department | United States Department of Transportation | Beni Department | Public Enemy | Department of Energy | public relations | GNU General Public License | United States Department of Labor | public domain | Public-access television | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | Cochabamba Department | United States Department of Health and Human Services | Bombardier Transportation |