González-Colón, Jenniffer, 1976-

Jenniffer Aydin González Colón (born August 5, 1976) is a Puerto Rican politician. A member of the New Progressive Party affiliated with the Republican Party, she has served as the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico since 2017.

Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, González graduated from University Gardens High School before earning a B.A. in political science from the University of Puerto Rico's Río Piedras campus and a J.D. and LL.M. from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law. González was first elected to the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico in a special election held on February 24, 2002, to fill the vacancy left by former House Speaker Edison Misla Aldarondo, after his resignation as representative from San Juan's 4th District. She was the first female elected representative of San Juan's Fourth District, the youngest member of the 14th Legislative Assembly, and the youngest woman ever to be elected to the Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly. Before being elected as representative, González served as chairwoman of the San Juan New Progressive Party Youth Organization and was very active in the pro-statehood student movement while attending college. González was re-elected in the 2004 Puerto Rico general elections, this time as an at-large representative. In November 2015, González was unanimously elected as chairwoman of the Republican Party of Puerto Rico after being the party's vice-chair for eight years.

On November 8, 2016, González was elected Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico becoming the first woman and youngest person to represent Puerto Rico in the U.S. Congress since the creation of the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico seat 116 years prior in 1900. During her time in Congress, González has focused on sponsoring or cosponsoring bills related to veterans affairs, health relief and tax relief for Puerto Rico. She is a member of the Republican Conference House Policy Committee, of the House Committees on Natural Resources, Veterans’ Affairs, and Small Business, vice chair of the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular, and Alaska Native Affairs, member of Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and co-chair of the Congressional Friends of Spain Caucus. For the 116th Congress, González has served in the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Natural Resources. Since 2019, she has continued focusing on disaster recovery issues. Her focus on disaster recovery for the island first began after hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, but continued through 2020, after an earthquake on January 7, 2020, struck and caused significant damage to the south and southeastern regions of Puerto Rico.