Carlos Lopez-Cantera (born December 29, 1973) is an American politician who served as the 19th lieutenant governor of Florida from 2014 to 2019.

He earned an Associate of Arts degree from Miami-Dade Community College in 1994 and a Bachelor of Business Administration with a minor in political science from the University of Miami in 1996.

Two years later, Lopez-Cantera won his first election to the Florida House of Representatives to the 113th District in November 2004, and was successively reelected in 2006, 2008 and in 2010 when he defeated US Navy veteran and rising democratic party star Alex Cruzet.

[18] Lopez-Cantera declined to run for Governor of Florida in the 2018 election, instead supporting Adam Putnam in the Republican primary.

[19] After leaving office, Lopez-Cantera went into the private sector, and became the leader of Jax Industrial Three Ltd, a Coral Gables-based group.