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{{Short description|Autonomous agency of the executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico}}
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| name = Puerto Rico Office of the Special Independent Prosecutor's Panel
| logo = Puerto-rico-office-of-the-special-independent-prosecutor-s-panel.jpg
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| jurisdiction = [[executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico|Executive branch]]
| chief1_name = [[Nydia M. Cotto Vives]]
| chief1_position = [[List of Presidents of the Puerto Rico Office of the Special Independent Prosecutor's Panel|President]]
| parent_agency = [[Puerto Rico Secretariat of Governance|Secretariat of Governance]]
| keydocument1 = {{URL|http://www2.pr.gov/presupuestos/Budget_2012_2013/Aprobado2013Ingles/suppdocs/baselegal_ingles/200/200.pdf|Act No. 2 of 1988}}
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The '''Puerto Rico Office of the Special Independent Prosecutor's Panel''' ({{langx|es|Oficina del Panel sobre el Fiscal Especial Independiente}}) is an [[autonomous]] agency of the [[executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico]] that appoints '''Special Independent Prosecutors''' {{mdash}}{{langx|es|Fiscal Especial Independiente}} ('''FEI'''){{mdash}} to investigate and prosecute government officials who engage in criminal conduct.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.pr.gov/presupuestos/Budget_2012_2013/Aprobado2013Ingles/suppdocs/baselegal_ingles/200/200.pdf |title=Act No. 2 of February 23 of 1988 |date=1988-02-23|access-date=2012-12-20|df=mdy-all}}</ref> FEIs are equivalent to [[special prosecutor]]s while the agency is synonymous to the [[U.S. Department of Justice Office of Special Counsel|United States Department of Justice Office of Special Counsel]] but at the state government level rather than federal.
==References==
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{{Secretariat of Governance of Puerto Rico}}
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[[Category:Secretariat of Governance of Puerto Rico]]