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Northern Mariana Islands politician
Paul Atalig Manglona
(born January 25, 1958) is a member of the
Northern Mariana Islands Senate
from
Rota
. Manglona was appointed to the Senate on February 10, 2016 to succeed
Victor Hocog
upon Hocog’s elevation to
Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
.
[1]
He previously served in the Senate from 1987 until 2013 and again from 2013 to 2015.
Biography
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He was born on January 25, 1958,
[2]
to Prudencio Taisacan Manglona, a longtime Mayor of
Rota
, and Bernadita Atalig Manglona.
[3]
[4]
He graduated from Father Duenas Memorial High School in Guam in 1976 as the valedictorian. He then graduated from
Santa Clara University
with a BA Degree in civil engineering and further studied at
San Jose State University
. He returned to the Northern Mariana Islands and worked for the CMS Construction before working for Rota's Public Works.
[5]
In 1985, Manglona was a delegate to the Second Constitutional Convention.
[6]
Manglona was first elected to the Senate in 1987 as a Republican.
[7]
During his first tenue, Manglona served as the chamber’s president on multiple occasions.
[8]
Manglona lost the 2012 Senate election to Republican
Victor Hocog
. In 2013, Senator
Juan Manglona Ayuyu
was convicted of smuggling of federally protected
Mariana fruit bats
. The conviction created a vacancy which the
Northern Mariana Islands Supreme Court
ruled would be filled by Manglona until the next general election.
[9]
In the
2014 general election
, Manglona finished third of five candidates for two seats. The winners were Republican candidates
Teresita Santos
and
Steven King Mesngon
.
[10]
References
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Borja, Francisco M. (President of the Senate) (February 10, 2016).
"Appointment of Paul A. Manglona"
(PDF)
.
Senate Journal
.
17
(25).
Northern Mariana Islands Senate
: 4?11
. Retrieved
December 24,
2022
.
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"Inauguration of the Seventeenth Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislature"
(PDF)
.
Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature
. January 11, 2010
. Retrieved
May 12,
2024
.
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Manglona, Prudencio (February 15, 1997).
"Interview of Prudencio T. Manglona"
(PDF)
(Interview). Interviewed by Howard P. Willens and Deanne C. Siemer. Northern Marianas Humanities Council
. Retrieved
April 28,
2024
.
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"Organizational Meeting"
(PDF)
.
Journal of the CNMI Senate
.
12
(1): 15. January 10, 2000
. Retrieved
January 26,
2023
.
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"Senator Manglona donates $2,000 in scholarship money"
.
Mariana's Variety News & Views
. June 28, 1991. p. 6
. Retrieved
January 26,
2023
.
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"Your Candidates in the 2016 Elections"
.
Saipan Tribune
. 2016-11-07.
Archived
from the original on 2016-12-01
. Retrieved
2018-11-03
.
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Limole, K-Andrea Evarose (January 14, 2021).
"Hofschneider elected CNMI Senate president"
.
The Guam Daily Post
. Retrieved
January 30,
2023
.
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Chan, Dennis B. (February 1, 2016).
"Manglona seeks participation in next Rota session"
.
Saipan Tribune
. Retrieved
January 9,
2023
.
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Sablan, Christina.
"Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014: Northern Mariana Islands"
.
The Contemporary Pacific
.
27
(1).
University of Hawai?i Press
: 239?250
. Retrieved
April 15,
2024
– via
eVols
.
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"2014 General Election Results"
. Commonwealth Election Commission. November 21, 2014. Archived from
the original
on August 7, 2020.