Edith DeLeon Guerrero

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Edith DeLeon Guerrero
President of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate
Assumed office
January 9, 2023
Preceded byJude Hofschneider
Member of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate
from the 3rd district
Assumed office
January 11, 2021
Preceded bySixto Igisomar
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
RelativesLarry De Leon Guerrero (father)

Edith E. DeLeon Guerrero is an American politician serving as a member of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate for the 3rd district. Elected in November 2020, she assumed office on January 11, 2021.[1]

Life and career

In 2000, Governor Pedro Pangelinan Tenorio appointed her to the Marianas Public Land Trust.[2] She was reappointed in 2004 by Governor Juan Babauta and served until 2006.[3] In 2006, she became the director of the CNMI Workforce Investment Agency. She was a life insurance agent for a time for ten years prior to serving as the director of the Workforce Investment Agency.[4]

In 2013, Governor Eloy Inos merged the Workforce Investment Agency and the Department of Labor. On October 3, 2013, Inos nominated DeLeon Guerrero, then Director of the Workforce Investment Agency, to serve as the Secretary of Labor.[5] She was sworn in on December 26, 2013.[6] Guerrero then served as secretary of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Labor until 2017.[7]

Her father, Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero, was the 13th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands.[8]

CNMI Senate

In the 2020 general election, Guerrero defeated Republican incumbent Sixto K. Igisomar to become the first Democrat to win a Senate seat in Saipan since 2003.[7] 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.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Edith Deleon Guerrero". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  2. ^ Kapileo, Ramona I. (Senate Journal Clerk) (July 20, 2000). "Messages from the Governor" (PDF). Journal of the CNMI Senate. 12 (12). CNMI: 3. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  3. ^ Kapileo, Ramona I. (Senate Journal Clerk) (July 20, 2000). "Messages from the Governor" (PDF). Journal of the CNMI Senate. 14 (4). CNMI: 3. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  4. ^ Cruz, Geraldine T (Clerk of the Senate). (October 6, 2010). "Ninth Day, Second Regular (Emergency) Session" (PDF). CNMI Senate Journal. 17 (22). CNMI Senate: 16–17. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  5. ^ "EAGI panel sets public hearing on judge, Labor secretary nominees". Saipan Tribune. December 9, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  6. ^ Staff (December 26, 2013). "New CNMI Labor secretary sworn in". Saipan Tribune. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  7. ^ a b Erediano, Emmanuel T. (November 4, 2020). "NMI Democrats win 8 House seats, Saipan Senate race". Pacific Island Times. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  8. ^ Donato, Agnes E. (October 14, 2006). "Guerrero laid to rest". Saipan Tribune. Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  9. ^ Bautista Esmores, Kimberly (January 9, 2023). "Deleon Guerrero makes history as first female Senate president". Saipan Tribune. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  10. ^ Torre, Ferdie De La (2024-02-13). "DeLeon Guerrero: Delegate bid is an option". Saipan Tribune. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
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2023–present 		Incumbent
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