Vinnie Sablan | |
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Floor Leader of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate | |
In office January 11, 2021 –January 9, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Justo Songao Quitugua |
Succeeded by | Corina Magofna |
Personal details | |
Born | Vinnie Vinson Flores Sablan August 31,1978 |
Political party | Republican (since 2021) Independent (before 2021) |
Alma mater | University of Phoenix |
Vinson Flores "Vinnie" Sablan [1] is a Northern Marianan politician who served as a member of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate from the 3rd district.
Sablan was born August 31,1978. [2] [3] Sablan has associate degree in computer applications and business administration from Northern Marianas College and a bachelor's degree in management from University of Phoenix. Sablan was a Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality laboratory manager at the time of his first election. [4]
Sablan was first elected to public office in 2014,when he won one of two seats to represent the 4th district in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives. [4] He was elected to the Northern Mariana Islands Senate in the 2018 general election alongside Justo Songao Quitugua. [5] In January 2021,at the start of the 22nd Commonwealth Legislature,Sablan was elected Floor Leader of the Senate to succeed Justo Songao Quitugua. [6] Later that month,he was unanimously elected the chairman of the 22nd Saipan and Northern Islands Legislative Delegation. [7] He was an independent aligned with the Republican-led majority [7] until joining the Republican Party in July 2021. [8] Sablan was a candidate for lieutenant governor of the Northern Mariana Islands in the 2022 gubernatorial election. [3]
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Leila Haveia F.C. Staffler: Thank you, Speaker. I just like to put on record happy birthday to our Chairman of Vinnie Sablan who is off-island, but it is his birthday today. I was told.
Torres, 42, and Sablan, 43, planned to make their official announcement on Aug. 6, the governor's birthday.