governor predecessor successor party office birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name
pedro tenorio francisco ada juan babauta benjamin manglona gregorio sablan -lrb- cnmi delegate -rrb- republican party lieutenant representative of the northern mariana islands governor of the northern mariana islands 4th resident 8 august 1941 2nd january 11 , 1982 january 14 , 2002 pedro tenorio.jpg pedro agulto tenorio
 january 8 , 1990 january 3 , 2009 pedro agulto tenorio
pedro agulto tenorio

pedro agulto tenorio -lrb- born august 8 , 1941 -rrb- , who is often known as pete a. tenorio , was the resident representative to the united states from the u.s. commonwealth of the northern mariana islands -lrb- cnmi -rrb- .
he is a member of the republican party , and was elected to the office first in november 2001 and again in november 2006 .
he was one of three main elected officials of the cnmi -lrb- along with governor benigno r. fitial and lieutenant governor timothy p. villagomez -rrb- .
the position of resident representative , also known locally as `` washington representative '' , was established by article v of the constitution of the northern mariana islands , and the term of office was four years .
the cnmi resident representative maintained an office in washington , d.c. and his expenses were funded by the cnmi government .
tenorio was the cnmi 's last resident representative .
he took office as resident representative on january 14 , 2002 .
he served two terms , until the office was abolished on january 3 , 2009 .
this office was replaced by a nonvoting delegate in the united states congress in january 2009 .
established in 2008 with the enactment of , the first election for the congressional delegate was held on november 4 , 2008 .
tenorio was the republican nominee ; however , he lost by 357 votes to gregorio c. sablan , an independent .
