Oscar M. Babauta | |
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Speaker of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives | |
In office January 9, 2006 –2008 | |
Preceded by | Benigno Fitial |
Succeeded by | Arnold Palacios |
Personal details | |
Born | December 29,1954 |
Political party | Covenant (before 2013) |
Oscar Manglona Babauta [1] (born December 29,1954) [2] is a politician from the Northern Marianas Islands. He served as the 12th Speaker of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives during the 15th Commonwealth Legislature.
In 2000,he was serving as House Floor Leader and sponsored a bill that would amend the Weapons Control Act to allow the use of firearms on shooting resorts. Proponents of the bill stated that it would lure investors while detractors of the bill worried it would harm public safety. The House approved the bill on a narrow vote. [3]
During the administration of Governor Eloy Inos,he served as Secretary of the Department of Public Lands. [4] He continued in that position under Governor Benigno R. Fitial until Fitial fired him for endorsing incumbent Gregorio Sablan for reelection to Congress. [5] In the early months of his administration,Governor Arnold Palacios appointed Babauta as the special assistant for administration. [4]
Juan Nekai Babauta is a Northern Mariana Islander politician who served as the sixth governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from January 14,2002,to January 9,2006.
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Ralph Deleon Guerrero Torres is a Northern Marianan politician,who served as the ninth governor of the Northern Mariana Islands,from December 29,2015,to January 9,2023. He is a Republican from Saipan,Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The third longest-serving governor in CNMI history,Torres took office upon the death of Governor Eloy Inos on December 29,2015,before being reelected as governor in his own right in 2018. He previously served as the tenth lieutenant governor,having been elected to that post in 2014.
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