Edmund Villagomez | |
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Speaker of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives | |
Assumed office January 10, 2021 | |
Preceded by | B.J. Attao |
Personal details | |
Born | Edmund Joseph Sablan Villagomez |
Political party | Covenant (Before 2013) Independent (2013–present) |
Edmund Joseph Sablan Villagomez is a politician from the Northern Mariana Islands who serves as the Speaker of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives. He has served in the Northern Marianas Islands House of Representatives since January 11,2010.
Villagomez was an assistant to the CNMI Secretary of Commerce. [1] Villagomez was first elected from District 3 in 2009 as a member of the Covenant Party. [2] He was sworn into office on January 10,2010. [3] He was a member of the special investigative committee to review the allegations included in the articles of impeachment against Governor Benigno Fitial. [4]
Following the dissolution of the Covenant Party in 2013,Villagomez ran as an independent in the 2014 election. [5] [6] After the 2016 general election,the five member minority bloc named Villagomez as the House Minority Leader. [7] He served as House Minority Leader during the 20th Commonwealth Legislature. For the 21st Commonwealth Legislature,he nominated,and was succeeded by,Ed Propst for the position of House Minority Leader for the 21st Commonwealth Legislature. [8]
In the 22nd Commonwealth Legislature,a coalition of legislators led by a resurgent Democratic Party backed Villagomez for Speaker. On the fourth ballot,Representative Ralph Naraja Yumul switched his support to Villagomez. He was reelected to serve as Speaker for the 23rd Commonwealth Legislature by a unanimous voice vote. [9] [10]
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