Carlos S. Camacho

Carlos Sablan Camacho (born February 27, 1937) is a Northern Mariana Islander politician who served as the first governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from January 9, 1978 to January 11, 1982.

This article is about former Northern Marianan governor. For the former Guamanian governor, see Carlos Camacho. For the Colombian actor, see Carlos Camacho (actor).
Carlos Camacho
1st Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
In office
January 9, 1978 – January 11, 1982
LieutenantFrancisco Ada
Preceded byErwin Canham (Resident Commissioner)
Succeeded byPedro Tenorio
Personal details
Born
Carlos Sablan Camacho

(1937-02-27) February 27, 1937
Saipan, Mariana Islands, South Pacific Mandate
Political partyDemocratic (Before 1981, 1985–present)
Popular Democratic (1981–1985)
SpouseLourdes Camacho[1]
EducationFiji School of Medicine (MBBS)
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (MPH)

Biography

Dr. Carlos S. Camacho was born on Saipan. He attended the Fiji School of Medicine and the University of Hawaiʻi. He practiced medicine until 1967, when he was elected to the Congress of Micronesia. He served as the Pacific islands' chief medical officer of public health from 1969 to 1977. He was also president of the Saipan Democratic Party from 1975 to 1977. In 1976, he was appointed to the Northern Marianas Constitutional Convention. Dr. Camacho is married to Lourdes Camacho and they have seven children. [2]

Governorship

Camacho, a Democrat, was elected the first governor of that new territory in 1977. He served a single term from 1978 to 1982, when he was succeeded by a Republican, Pedro Tenorio.

Taisacan v. Camacho

In 1980, the CNMI legislature passed a budget that would have appropriated over $1.5 million in federal money for capital improvements on the island of Rota. Camacho vetoed this portion of the budget, calling it excessive and inequitable. Leon Taisacan, a Rota resident, then sued Camacho, claiming that his veto violated the terms of the Covenant between the United States and the CNMI. A district court granted summary judgement in favor of Camacho, and then the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dismissed the lawsuit on the grounds that Taisacan did not have standing to sue, as he was not specifically injured by the veto.[3]

References
  1. Casas, Gemma Q. (March 11, 2010). "Former Lt. Governor Ada laid to rest". Marianas Variety News & Views. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
  2. Lal, Brij V.; Kate Fortune (2000). "Carlos Sablan Camacho". The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia. University of Hawaiʻi Press. p. 294.
  3. "660 F2d 411 Taisacan v. S Camacho". OpenJurist. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
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