List of governors of the Northern Mariana Islands

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox official post Template:Politics of the Northern Marianas The following is a list of persons who served as governor of Northern Mariana Islands. The term of office is 4 years. The longest-serving governors in CNMI history are Pedro Tenorio, who served 12 years in office from 1982 to 1990 and from 1998 to 2002, and Benigno Fitial, who served 7 years, one month, and 11 days from 2006 to 2013. The Northern Mariana Islands is one of the few U.S. states or territories that currently does not have a governor's mansion or other official residence.

The current governor is David M. Apatang, since July 23, 2025.

List

Parties

Resident Commissioners

No.	Portrait	Officeholder Template:Small	Took office	Left office	Party
1		Erwin Canham Template:Small	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican

Governors

No.	Portrait	Officeholder Template:Small	Elected	Took office	Left office	Party
1		Carlos S. Camacho Template:Small	1977	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
2		Pedro Tenorio Template:Small	1981 1985	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican
3		Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero Template:Small	1989	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican
4		Froilan Tenorio Template:Small	1993	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
5		Pedro Tenorio Template:Small	1997	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican
6		Juan Babauta Template:Small	2001	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican
7		Benigno Fitial Template:Small	2005 2009Template:Efn	Template:Dts	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Covenant Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
						bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican Template:Small
8		Eloy Inos Template:Small	– 2014	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Covenant Template:Small
						bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
9		Ralph Torres Template:Small	– 2018	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn	January 9, 2023	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican
10		Arnold Palacios Template:Small	2022	Template:Dts	July 23, 2025Template:Efn	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Independent Template:Small
						bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
11		David M. Apatang Template:Small	–	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn	Incumbent	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Independent

Succession

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See also

• List of governors of the Spanish Mariana Islands
• List of governors of Guam
• High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
• Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands

External links

• Former CNMI Governor Guerrero Passes Away