List of speakers of the House of Representatives of the Northern Mariana Islands

The Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Northern Mariana Islands is the presiding officer of the lower chamber of that legislature, in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).

Order Name Party CNMILegislature Time in office 1stOscar Cruz Rasa Territorial 1st1978–802ndJoaquin Pangelinan Democratic 2nd1980–823rdBenigno Fitial Republican 3rd1982-19844thVicente Masga Sablan Democratic 4th1984–19865thJose R. Lifoifoi Republican 5th1986-1988 6th Pedro Deleon Guerrero Democratic 6th 1988-1992 7th7thThomas Pangelinan Villagomez Republican 8th 1992–1994 8th Diego T. Benavente Republican 9th 1994–2000 10th 11th9thBenigno Fitial Republican 12th 2000–200210thHeinz Hofschneider Republican 13th 2002–200411thBenigno Fitial Covenant 14th 2004–200612thOscar Manglona Babauta Covenant 15th 2006–200813thArnold Palacios Republican 16th 2008-201014thFroilan Tenorio Covenant 17th 2010-201115thEliceo Diaz Cabrera Republican 2011-201316thJoseph Pinaula Deleon Guerrero Republican 18th 2013-2016 19th17thRafael Sablan Demapan Republican 19th2016-2019 20th18thBlas Jonathan Tenorio Attao Republican 21st 2019–202119thEdmund Villagomez Independent 22nd 2021–present 23rd 24th

See also List of Presidents of the Senate of the Northern Mariana Islands

References

Information through 2012 provided by Simion Lisua, Clerk of the Northern Mariana Islands Legislature