governor predecessor successor party office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name alma_mater
eloy inos eloy inos ralph torres republican party lieutenant governor of the northern mariana islands 12 september 1966 february 20 , 2013 jude hofschneider.jpg jude hofschneider
 january 12 , 2015 jude hofschneider northern of phoenix marianas college university of wisconsin , madison university
jude hofschneider

jude hofschneider -lrb- born september 12 , 1966 -rrb- is an american republican politician from the commonwealth of the northern mariana islands .
he is currently serving as the 9th lieutenant governor .
he was automatically elevated to this position on february 20 , 2013 , when the former lieutenant governor , eloy s. inos , assumed the governorship .
