Celina Roberto Babauta is a Northern Mariana Islander politician and incumbent Democratic member of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate representing the 3rd district. Babauta was sworn into office on January 9,2023.[1]
Babauta has degrees in criminology and criminal justice and management from Chaminade University. She is a native of Chalan Kanoa. She is married to Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Franklin Reyes Babauta,himself also a former CNMI legislator,with whom she has four children. She worked in banking in Saipan and Guam and as an executive assistant to governors Larry De Leon Guerrero,Froilan Tenorio,Pedro Tenorio,and Juan Babauta.[3]
Senate
Babauta was elected to the Northern Mariana Islands Senate in the 2022 election.[2] During the 23rd Commonwealth Legislature,she was a member of the INDEMS-majority and served as the Legislative Secretary.[4] During the 24th Commonwealth Legislature,Babauta has been a political outlier with Troy Torres of KANDIT News describing her as the late Governor Arnold Palacios’s sole ally in the Senate,[5] while Emmanuel Erediano of Marianas Variety described her as a lone member of the minority voting bloc.[6]
References
1 2 Borja, Chanele C. (Senate Journal Clerk) (January 9, 2023). "Presentation of the Members"(PDF). Journal of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate. 23 (1): 1. Retrieved May 13, 2025. Senator-Elect Celina Roberto Babauta escorted by her husband Mr. Franklin Babauta
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