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

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!No.

!Portrait

!Officeholder<br>

!Took office

!Left office

!colspan=2 |Party

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|1

|100px

|Erwin Canham<br>

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|

|bgcolor=|

|Republican

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Governors

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!No.

!Portrait

!Officeholder<br>

!Elected

!Took office

!Left office

!colspan=2 |Party

|-

!1

|100px

|Carlos S. Camacho<br>

|1977

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|

|bgcolor=|

|Democratic

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!2

|100px

|Pedro Tenorio<br>

|1981

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1985

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|

|bgcolor=|

|Republican

|-

!3

|100px

|Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero<br>

|1989

|

|

|bgcolor=|

|Republican

|-

!4

|100px

|Froilan Tenorio<br>

|1993

|

|

|bgcolor=|

|Democratic

|-

!5

|100px

|Pedro Tenorio<br>

|1997

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|

|bgcolor=|

|Republican

|-

!6

|100px

|Juan Babauta<br>

|2001

|

|

|bgcolor=|

|Republican

|-

!rowspan=2 |7

|rowspan=2 |100px

|rowspan=2 |Benigno Fitial<br>

|rowspan=2 |2005

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2009

|rowspan=2 |

|rowspan=2 |

|bgcolor=|

|Covenant

|-

|bgcolor=|

|Republican

|-

!rowspan=2 |8

|rowspan=2 |100px

|rowspan=2 |Eloy Inos<br>

|rowspan=2 |–

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2014

|rowspan=2 |

|bgcolor=|

|Covenant

|-

|bgcolor=|

|Republican

|-

!9

|100px

|Ralph Torres<br>

|–

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2018

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|-

!11

|100px

|David M. Apatang<br>

|–

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|Incumbent

|bgcolor=|

|Independent

|-

|}

Succession

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

Footnotes

References

  • Former CNMI Governor Guerrero Passes Away