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

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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).

OrderNamePartyCNMI
Legislature
Time in Office
1st Oscar Cruz Rasa [1] Territorial [2] 1st1978–80
2nd Joaquin Pangelinan Democratic 2nd1980–82
3rd Benigno Fitial Republican 3rd1982-1984
4th Vicente Masga Sablan [3] Democratic 4thJanuary 9, 1984–January 13, 1986 [4]
5th Jose R. Lifoifoi Republican 5thJanuary 13, 1986-1988 [5]
6th Pedro Rogolifoi Deleon Guerrero Democratic 6th1988-1992
7th
7th Thomas Pangelinan Villagomez Republican 8th1992–1994
8th Diego T. Benavente Republican 9th1994–2000
10th
11th
9th Benigno Fitial Republican 12th2000–2002
10th Heinz Hofschneider Republican 13th2002–2004
11th Benigno Fitial Covenant 14th2000–2002
12th Oscar Manglona Babauta [6] Covenant 15th2006–2008
13th Arnold Palacios Republican 16th2008-2010
14th Froilan Tenorio Covenant 17th2010-2011
15th Eliceo Diaz Cabrera Republican 2011-2013 [7]
16th Joseph Pinaula Deleon Guerrero Republican 18th2013-January 11, 2016 [8] [9] [10]
19th
17th Rafael S. Demapan Republican 19thJanuary 11, 2016-2019 [8] [10] [11]
20th
18th Blas Jonathan Tenorio Attao Republican 21st [12] January 14, 2019–2021 [13]
19th Edmund Villagomez Independent22nd2021-present
23rd [14]

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