Arnold Palacios | |
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9th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands | |
Assumed office January 9, 2023 | |
Lieutenant | Dave Apatang |
Preceded by | Ralph Torres |
12th Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands | |
In office January 14,2019 –January 9,2023 | |
Governor | Ralph Torres |
Preceded by | Victor Hocog |
Succeeded by | David M. Apatang |
President of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate | |
In office January 10,2017 –January 14,2019 | |
Preceded by | Frank Borja |
Succeeded by | Victor Hocog |
13th Speaker of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives | |
In office January 14,2008 –January 11,2010 | |
Preceded by | Oscar Babauta |
Succeeded by | Froilan Tenorio |
Personal details | |
Born | Arnold Indalecio Palacios 22 August 1955 [1] Saipan,Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (now Northern Mariana Islands) |
Political party | Republican (before 2021) Independent (2021–present) |
Education | Portland State University (BS) |
Arnold Indalecio Palacios (born August 22,1955) is a Northern Marianan politician currently serving as the ninth governor of the Northern Mariana Islands,since 2023. He previously served as the 12th lieutenant governor of the Northern Mariana Islands,from 2019 to 2023. He represented Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands Senate. Formerly a member of the Republican Party,he is the governor of the Northern Mariana Islands,having won the 2022 election. [2] [3]
Palacios graduated from Portland State University. [4] Palacios is married to Wella Sablan Palacios [4] and they have four children:Arnold Gerard,Nicole,Tiana and Eric.
Palacios is a former Speaker of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives. He was sworn in on January 14,2008,as the Speaker of the House's 16th Legislature. [5] He represented Election District 3 in the House,which encompasses portions of Saipan and the Northern Islands. [4]
Palacios was the running mate of four-time gubernatorial candidate Heinz Hofschneider in the 2009 election. If elected,Palacios would have become the Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands in 2010. Instead,he was elected in 2018 with incumbent Governor Ralph Torres to begin a term in January 2019.
Palacios won as an independent candidate for Governor in the 2022 election,running with Saipan mayor David M. Apatang as his running-mate. [2]
Politics of the Northern Mariana Islands takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic system,whereby the Governor is head of government,and of a pluriform multi-party system. The Northern Mariana Islands is an unincorporated territory of the United States,and in a political union with it in the form of a commonwealth. Executive power is exercised by the governor. Legislative power is vested in the two chambers of the legislature. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Local government is carried out through three regional mayors.
Juan Nekai Babauta is a Northern Mariana Islander politician who served as the fifth governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from January 14,2002,to January 9,2006.
The Covenant Party was a political party in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) advocating governmental and financial reform. It was named after the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America,Act of Mar. 24,1976,Pub. L. 94-241,90 Stat. 263,codified as amended at 48 U.S.C. §1801 note. In the legislative elections of 2003,the Covenant Party won nine of eighteen seats. The party mostly made up of members from the Republican Party,but many prominent Democrats would also join the party. In the 2005 general elections,the Covenant Party increased its position as one of the strongest parties in the Commonwealth when Benigno R. Fitial,the party's gubernatorial candidate,won the election. The Covenant Party won seven of eighteen seats in the commonwealth's House of Representatives and three of nine seats in its Senate. In the Commonwealth Legislature 2007 elections,the Covenant Party won only four of twenty seats in the House of Representatives.
The Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands is a political party in the Northern Mariana Islands. It began as a purely local territorial party and is now officially affiliated with the United States' national Democratic Party.
General elections were held in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) on Saturday,5 November 2005,electing the governor and Legislature. There was also a referendum on calling a Constitutional Convention,which was approved by voters. The gubernatorial election was the closest in the commonwealth's history,and resulted in the election of Benigno Fitial,narrowly defeating independent Heinz Hofschneider by 84 votes and incumbent Republican Governor Juan N. Babauta by an additional 98 votes.
Benigno Repeki Fitial is a Northern Marianan politician who served was the sixth governor of the Northern Mariana Islands. The second longest-serving governor in CNMI history,Fitial was elected on November 6,2005,assumed office on January 9,2006,and was re-elected to a (five-year) second term in 2009. He was impeached by the CNMI House of Representatives on February 11,2013,and was scheduled to face trial before the CNMI Senate to determine if he should be removed from office. He resigned on February 20,2013,after 7 years,1 month,and 11 days in office.
The 2009 Northern Mariana Islands general election was held on Saturday,November 7,2009. This was the last general election to be held on a odd year. This election also saw the extension all office holding officials by one year to move the elections to even-years,corresponding with the elections of other federal and state offices,including the nationwide United States House of Representatives elections and the United States general elections. This election also oversaw the first run-off to be held in the Northern Mariana Islands,which were held on Monday,November 23,2009.
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General elections were held in the Northern Mariana Islands on November 4,2014. Voters elected the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands,the Lieutenant Governor,the Attorney General,the Delegate to the US Congress,the Senate,the House of Representatives,mayors,municipal councils and the Board of Education. Additionally,a referendum involving changes to the constitution was held.
The 2014 Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election was held on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands. As no candidate received a majority of the vote,a run-off election was held 14 days later. Incumbent Republican Governor Eloy Songao Inos and running mate Ralph DLG. Torres were elected. Inos,who served as lieutenant governor from 2009 to 2013,first became Governor following the resignation of his predecessor,Benigno Fitial.
The 2018 Northern Mariana gubernatorial election took place on Tuesday,November 13,2018,to elect the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands and the Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands to a four-year term in office. Incumbent Republican governor Ralph Torres,who ascended to governorship in December 2015 following the death of Governor Eloy Inos,sought election to a full term.
The 2018 Northern Mariana Islands general election was held on Tuesday,November 13,2018,corresponding with the 2018 United States midterm elections. Originally scheduled to take place on Tuesday,November 6,2018,the elections were delayed by one week due to the impact and aftermath of Typhoon Yutu. Early voting was held from Tuesday,November 6,until Monday,November 12,2018. An estimated 18,975 voters were eligible to vote in the 2018 election.
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Leila Haveia Fleming Clark Staffler is an American politician and educator who served as a member of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives for the 5th district. Staffler is the Secretary of Labor under Governor Arnold Palacios. She was confirmed on March 29,2023 by the Northern Mariana Islands Senate.
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