Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands

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The Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands is the elected head of government and chief executive of this U.S. commonwealth in the Pacific.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands canonical 3

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf executive branch office
head of government role
political office
appliesToJurisdiction Northern Mariana Islands
appointedBy popular vote
chiefExecutiveOf Northern Mariana Islands
constitutingInstrument Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
surface form: Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands
country Northern Mariana Islands
createdBy Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America
firstOfficeHolder Carlos S. Camacho
governmentalLevel territorial
hasDeputy Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
hasPower appoint officials
oversee executive departments
propose a budget
sign legislation
veto legislation
headOfGovernmentFor Northern Mariana Islands
isComparableTo Governor of Guam
Governor of a U.S. state
isPartOf United States territorial governance system
isPositionIn U.S. Pacific commonwealths
surface form: U.S. commonwealth government
jurisdictionIncludes Northern Islands Municipality
Rota
Saipan
Tinian
locatedIn Northern Mariana Islands
memberOf executive branch of the Northern Mariana Islands
officeFormationYear 1978
officeHolderMustMeetRequirement citizen of the United States
minimum age requirement (as defined by CNMI constitution)
qualified voter and resident of the Northern Mariana Islands
officeHoldersInclude Arnold I. Palacios
Benigno R. Fitial
Carlos S. Camacho
Eloy S. Inos
Froilan C. Tenorio
Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero
Pedro A. Tenorio
surface form: Pedro P. Tenorio

Ralph DLG Torres
officeType governor
partOf Government of the Northern Mariana Islands
reportsTo people of the Northern Mariana Islands
residence Saipan
seat Saipan
selectionMethod direct election
style The Honorable
termLength 4 years
termLimit two consecutive terms

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of the Northern Mariana Islands executivePowerExercisedBy Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands subordinateTo Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands