The following is a list of persons who served as Governor

Governor

A governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...

 of the Northern Mariana Islands

Northern Mariana Islands

The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines...

.

List of Governors

Tenure	Governor	Party
January 9, 1978 - January 11, 1982	Carlos S. Camacho Carlos S. Camacho Carlos Sablan Camacho was the first elected Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a commonwealth of the United States.-Biography:...	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
January 11, 1982 – January 8, 1990	Pedro P. Tenorio	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
January 8, 1990 – January 10, 1994	Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero was the third elected Governor of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.-Biography:...	Republican
January 10, 1994 - January 12, 1998	Froilan C. Tenorio	Democratic
January 12, 1998 - January 14, 2002	Pedro P. Tenorio	Republican
January 14, 2002 – January 9, 2006	Juan N. Babauta Juan N. Babauta Juan Nekai Babauta is a Northern Mariana Islander politician. Babauta served as the sixth elected Governor of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for one term from January 14, 2002 until January 9, 2006....	Republican
January 9, 2006 - January 5, 2011	Benigno R. Fitial Benigno R. Fitial Benigno Repeki Fitial is the current governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Fitial was elected on November 6, 2005 and assumed office on January 9, 2006 and was re-elected to a second, five-year term in 2009....	Covenant Covenant Party (Northern Mariana Islands) The Covenant Party is a political party in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands advocating government and financial reform. In the legislative elections of 2003, the Covenant Party won nine of eighteen seats. In the 2005 elections, the Covenant Party increased its position as one of the...
January 5, 2011 - Present		Republican

• Note: Fitial switched his party affiliation from the Covenant Party
  Covenant Party (Northern Mariana Islands)
  The Covenant Party is a political party in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands advocating government and financial reform. In the legislative elections of 2003, the Covenant Party won nine of eighteen seats. In the 2005 elections, the Covenant Party increased its position as one of the...
  
   to the Republican Party
  Republican Party (Northern Mariana Islands)
  The Republican Party is a political party in the Northern Mariana Islands. In the 2001 gubernatorial election Juan Babauta of the Republican Party won with 42.8% of the vote...
  
   on January 5, 2011, while in office.

Living former governors

, four former governors were alive, the oldest being Pedro Tenorio

Pedro Tenorio

Pedro P. Tenorio was the second and fifth elected Governor of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.Tenorio was born on Saipan. He graduated from George Washington High School in Guam and attended the University of Guam. He has worked as a schoolteacher, a shipping...

 (1982-1990, 1998–2002; born 1934). The most recent governor to die was Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero

Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero

Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero was the third elected Governor of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.-Biography:...

 (1990–1994), on October 6, 2006. Guerrero was also the most recently-serving governor to die.

Name	Gubernatorial term	Date of birth
Carlos S. Camacho Carlos S. Camacho Carlos Sablan Camacho was the first elected Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a commonwealth of the United States.-Biography:...	1978–1982	February 27, 1937 (age 74)
Pedro P. Tenorio Pedro Tenorio Pedro P. Tenorio was the second and fifth elected Governor of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.Tenorio was born on Saipan. He graduated from George Washington High School in Guam and attended the University of Guam. He has worked as a schoolteacher, a shipping...	1982-1990, 1998-2002	April 18, 1934 (age 77)
Froilan Tenorio Froilan Tenorio Froilan Cruz Tenorio was the fourth elected Governor of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Elected in 1993, he served one term, leaving office in 1998...	1994-1998	September 09, 1939 (age 72)
Juan N. Babauta Juan N. Babauta Juan Nekai Babauta is a Northern Mariana Islander politician. Babauta served as the sixth elected Governor of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for one term from January 14, 2002 until January 9, 2006....	2002-2006	September 07, 1953 (age 58)

Latest election

Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Running mate	First round		Second round
				Votes	Percentage	Votes	Percentage
	Republican Republican Party (Northern Mariana Islands) The Republican Party is a political party in the Northern Mariana Islands. In the 2001 gubernatorial election Juan Babauta of the Republican Party won with 42.8% of the vote...	Heinz Hofschneider Heinz Hofschneider Heinz Sablan Hofschneider is a Northern Mariana Islands politician. Hofschneider served as the Speaker of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives until 2003....	Arnold Palacios Arnold Palacios Arnold Indalecio Palacios is a Northern Mariana Islands politician and a member of the Republican Party.Palacios is the current Speaker of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives as of October 2009. He was sworn in on January 14, 2008, as the Speaker of the House's 16th Legislature...	4,900	36.27%	6,240	48.56%
	Covenant Covenant Party (Northern Mariana Islands) The Covenant Party is a political party in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands advocating government and financial reform. In the legislative elections of 2003, the Covenant Party won nine of eighteen seats. In the 2005 elections, the Covenant Party increased its position as one of the...	Benigno Fitial (incumbent Incumbent The incumbent, in politics, is the existing holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent. For example, in the 2004 United States presidential election, George W... )	Eloy Inos Eloy Inos Eloy Songao Inos is a politician in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Inos, a member of the Covenant Party, currently serves as Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands. He was nominated by Governor Benigno Fitial to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Lt....	4,892	36.21%	6,610	51.44%
	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	Juan Guerrero Juan Pan Guerrero Juan "Pan" Tenorio Guerrero is a Northern Mariana Islands politician and businessman. He has been a member of the Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands in the past, but is running for Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands in 2009 as an independent, with Representative Joe Camacho as...	Joe Camacho Joe Camacho Joseph James Norita Camacho is a Northern Mariana Islands lawyer and politician. He is a Representative in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives, as of 2009, and currently serves as the House's floor leader in the 16th Northern Marianas Legislature.Camacho is a candidate for...	2,613	19.34%
	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	Ramon Guerrero Ramon "Kumoi" Guerrero Ramon "Kumoi" Santos Deleon Guerrero is a Northern Mariana Islands politician. Guerrero is an independent candidate for Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands in the 2009 gubernatorial election....	David Borja David Borja David Muna Borja is a Northern Mariana Islands educator, military veteran and politician. Borja, who ran for Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, was the running mate of gubernatorial candidate Ramon "Kumoi" Guerrero in the 2009 gubernatorial election.-Biography:David Borja was...	1,075	7.96%
Totals					100.00%		100.00%
Voter turnout

External links

• Former CNMI Governor Guerrero Passes Away