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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.
The Covenant Party was a political party 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
The president of the Senate of the Northern Mariana Islands is the presiding officer of the upper chamber of that legislature, in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Name Period
In the 2022 general election, a coalition of Democrats and Independents won a majority of seats in the Northern Mariana Islands Senate. [4] When the 23rd Commonwealth Legislature convened on January 9, 2023, it elected Edith DeLeon Guerrero its President, Donald M. Manglona its Vice President, and Corina Magofna its floor leader.
He ran for the Northern Mariana Islands Senate in the 2020 general election against Democratic candidate Frederick Dela Cruz. [5] He won and succeeded fellow Republican Francisco Borja. [6] He was the chairman of the Senate committee reviewing the House's impeachment charges against Governor Ralph Torres. [7]
Arnold Indalecio Palacios (born August 22, 1955) is a Northern Marianan politician currently serving as the tenth 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.
On January 10, 2023, DeLeon Guerrero became the first woman to serve as President of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate. She took over the position from Jude Hofschneider . [ 9 ] On February 12, 2024, Guerrero stated she would be leaving the Democratic Party at the end of her term.
He is currently serves as the Minority Leader of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives as of April 2011. [5] Benavente was elected president of the CNMI Republican Party on August 28, 2023. [6] He resigned the position effective November 20, 2024. [7]