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Lou Leon Guerrero
Lourdes Aflague "Lou" Leon Guerrero (born November 8, 1950) is an American politician who has served as the 9th governor of Guam since 2019. She was president and CEO of the Bank of Guam from 2007 to 2017, having previously served as a senator of the Guam Legislature from 1995 to 1999 and again from 2001 to 2007. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Leon Guerrero grew up in Guam, earned a BS in Nursing from California State University in 1973 and an MPH from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1979.Guam Legislature''Resolution No. 27-31(COR).''Hagatna, Guam. After working as a nurse in California and the Guam Memorial Hospital for several years, Leon Guerrero worked for Family Health Plan clinic and became its director of operations before her entry into public service. Leon Guerrero served as Senator in 5 separate legislative terms from 1995 to 2007.Guam Election Commission. ''Election 2004 Comparative Analysis Report,'' Hagatna, Guam. She was Senator Thomas C. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Governors Of Guam
The governor of Guam ( ch, I Maga'låhen / ) is the head of government of Guam and the commander-in-chief of the Guam National Guard, whose responsibilities also include making the annual State of the Island (formerly the State of the Territory) addresses to the Guam Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that Guam's public laws are enforced. The position was created in 1968, through the passage of the Guam Elected Governors Act which took effect in 1970. Guam elected its first civilian governor in 1970 with the inauguration of former governor Carlos Camacho. The current governor is Lou Leon Guerrero, a Democrat who was inaugurated on January 7, 2019 following her election in 2018. Powers and duties The governor has a duty to enforce Guam's public laws, the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Guam Legislature, to convene the legislature, and to commute or grant pardons to criminal sentences, except in cases of treason and impeachment. The governo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of Guam
The governor of Guam ( ch, I Maga'låhen / ) is the head of government of Guam and the commander-in-chief of the Guam National Guard, whose responsibilities also include making the annual State of the Island (formerly the State of the Territory) addresses to the Guam Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that Guam's public laws are enforced. The position was created in 1968, through the passage of the Guam Elected Governors Act which took effect in 1970. Guam elected its first civilian governor in 1970 with the inauguration of former governor Carlos Camacho. The current governor is Lou Leon Guerrero, a Democrat who was inaugurated on January 7, 2019 following her election in 2018. Powers and duties The governor has a duty to enforce Guam's public laws, the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Guam Legislature, to convene the legislature, and to commute or grant pardons to criminal sentences, except in cases of treason and impeachment. The governo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guam Memorial Hospital
Guam Memorial Hospital is located in Tamuning, Guam and is the public civilian hospital serving the island of Guam. The hospital has 158 licensed acute care beds, plus 40 beds at its off-site, long-term care Skilled Nursing Facility. The hospital offers adult and pediatric medical services. These include 24-hour emergency services; medical telemetry and progressive care; obstetrics, labor and delivery; nursery; catheterization lab (periodically with visiting cardiologists); orthopedic services; in-patient and out-patient surgery; intensive care (neonatal, pediatric and adult); skilled nursing care; laboratory and blood bank services; radiology, angiography, nuclear medicine and CT scan diagnostic services; pharmacy; respiratory care; renal dialysis; physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech language pathology, cardiac rehabilitation and recreational therapy; dietetic services, patient education and social services; and pastoral care services. History Guam Memorial Hospital Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Limtiaco
Alicia Anne Garrido Limtiaco (born August 7, 1963) is a former United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. She was sworn in on June 21, 2010, and served until March 10, 2017. She was previously Attorney General of Guam, serving from January 3, 2007, to June 21, 2010. Limtiaco also ran as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Guam in the 2018 gubernatorial election as the running mate of senator Frank Aguon Jr, in the Democratic gubernatorial primaries. Early life Alicia Anne Garrido Limtiaco was born August 7, 1963. She attended University of Southern California where she earned a BBA and UCLA School of Law where she earned a juris doctor. She and her husband Vincent have one daughter. While in law school, she was a judicial extern for the United States District Court for the Central District of California. She then worked as a partner in various law firms, as an assistant attorney general in the Attorney General's Office and as an adj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Aguon
Frank Blas Aguon Jr. (born June 21, 1966) is a Guamanian politician and army lieutenant. A Democrat, he served in the Legislature of Guam from 1997 to 2007, 2009 to 2011 and from 2013 to 2019. He is a former Vice-Speaker from 2003 to 2005. Senator Aguon won re-election by his 1st place with more votes in 2014 and 2016, than his 2nd-place run in 2012. Aguon has also run as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Guam in the 2006 and 2010 gubernatorial elections and was the running mate of former Guam Governor Carl Gutierrez in the 2010 election. In February 2017, he announced his intentions to run in the 2018 Guamanian gubernatorial election with his running mate, former U.S. Attorney Alicia Limtiaco; in August 2018 he lost the Democratic primary. He ran as a write-in candidate for the November general election, finishing third with 22% of the vote. Early life Aguon was born , to the late Francisco Blas Aguon, Sr. (1936–2005) and Marcelina Leon Guerrero Aguon. He was rais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedo Terlaje
Jose Toves "Pedo" Terlaje (September 23, 1946 – January 2023) was a Guamanian politician. Terlaje served as a senator in the Guam LegislatureGuam Legislature''Senators'' Hagatna, Guam. and Chairperson of the Committee on Public Safety, Border Safety, Military and Veteran Affairs, Mayors Council, Infrastructure and Public Transit.Guam Legislature''Legislative Committees'' Hagatna, Guam. Early life and education Jose Toves "Pedo" Terlaje was born in Yona, Guam on September 23, 1946. Terlaje graduated from George Washington Senior High School in 1967. He earned an Associate of Arts in Political Science and subsequently a Bachelor of Arts in Business and Public Administration from the University of Guam in 1979. Political career Santos-Terlaje's HITA Campaign In 1998, incumbent Governor Carl T.C. Gutierrez and Lieutenant Governor Madeleine Z. Bordallo had two Democratic primary election challenges for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Guam The Guamanian self-governing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel Santos
Angel Anthony Leon Guerrero Santos III (April 14, 1959 – July 6, 2003), also known as Angel L.G. Santos, or Anghet, was a Chamorro rights activist and Guamanian politician. Santos served as a Senator in the Guam Legislature from 1995 to 1999 and again from 2001 to 2003, and was a candidate for Governor of Guam in 1998 with his running mate Jose “Pedo” Toves Terjale, a future Mayor of Yona. Early life Santos was born 14 April 1959 to Angel Cruz Santos II and Amanda Cruz Leon Guerrero. Military career Santos was active in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) while he was in high school, and enlisted in the US Air Force after he graduated. He was honorably discharged from the Air Force after 13 years, and was stationed in Montana, Texas, Hawaii, Mississippi, California and Guam. As both an activist and an elected official Santos took seriously the issue of environmental damage caused by the US military presence on the island. He took on this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieutenant Governor Of Guam
The Guamanian self-governing government consists of a locally elected governor, lieutenant governor and a fifteen-member Legislature. The first popular election for governor and lieutenant governor took place in 1970. The current lieutenant governor is Josh Tenorio Joshua "Josh" Franquez Tenorio is an American politician and businessman currently serving as the 10th Lieutenant Governor of Guam since January 7, 2019. He is the first openly gay lieutenant governor elected in the United States and is a member ..., who has been in office since January 7, 2019. List of lieutenant governors of Guam ;Parties References {{Lists of lieutenant governors by U.S. state Lieutenant governor Lieutenant Governors of Guam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Bordallo
Madeleine Mary Zeien Bordallo (; born May 31, 1933) is an American-Guamanian politician who served as the delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives for from January 3, 2003 to January 3, 2019. She is the first woman ever to serve as Guam's Delegate, the first female Lieutenant Governor of Guam (from 1995 to 2003), the first female candidate for Governor of Guam (in 1990), and the first female Democrat elected to the Legislature of Guam. Her 1990 campaign also made her the first non-Chamorro gubernatorial candidate in Guam. As the wife of Ricardo Bordallo, she was also the First Lady of Guam from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1987. Biography Madeleine Mary Zeien was born on May 31, 1933 in Graceville, Minnesota, to a family of educators who moved to Guam after her father took a job with the Guam Department of Education. She attended St. Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana, and the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she studied music. In the 1950s a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Gutierrez
Carl Tommy Cruz Gutierrez (born October 15, 1941) is an American (U.S. citizen) politician who was the 6th Governor of Guam, serving two four-year terms with Lieutenant Governor Madeleine Z. Bordallo from January 2, 1995 to January 6, 2003. Gutierrez previously served a total of nine terms as a Senator in the Guam Legislature and was chosen by his colleagues to serve as Speaker of the 17th and 18th Guam Legislatures, respectively. In addition to Governor Gutierrez' two successful elections as Governor with running mate Madeleine Bordallo, Governor Gutierrez ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1978, with running mate Dr. Joseph Dizon, in 1986 with Senator John P. Aguon, in 2006 with former Chief Justice Senator Benjamin J.F. Cruz and in 2010 with Senator Frank B. Aguon, Jr.Guam Election Commission''Election Comparative Analysis Report 2012''. Hagatna, 2013. Governor Gutierrez has remained active in public life for a period spanning four decades. He was again defeated in the Guam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Small Business Administration
The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) is an independent agency of the United States government that provides support to entrepreneurs and small businesses. The mission of the Small Business Administration is "to maintain and strengthen the nation's economy by enabling the establishment and viability of small businesses and by assisting in the economic recovery of communities after disasters". The agency's activities have been summarized as the "3 Cs" of capital, contracts and counseling. SBA loans are made through banks, credit unions and other lenders who partner with the SBA. The SBA provides a government-backed guarantee on part of the loan. Under the Recovery Act and the Small Business Jobs Act, SBA loans were enhanced to provide up to a 90 percent guarantee in order to strengthen access to capital for small businesses after credit froze in 2008. The agency had record lending volumes in late 2010. SBA helps lead the federal government's efforts to deliver 23 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
28th Guam Legislature
The 28th Guam Legislature was a meeting of the Guam Legislature. It convened in Hagatna, Guam on January 3, 2005 and ended on January 1, 2007, during the 3rd and 4th years of Felix P. Camacho's 1st Gubernatorial Term. In the 2004 Guamanian general election, the Republican Party of Guam won a nine-to-six (9-6) majority of seats in the Guam Legislature. ''Page 87'' Party Summary Leadership Legislative * Speaker: Mark Forbes * Vice Speaker: Joanne M. Salas Brown * Legislative Secretary: Edward J.B. Calvo Majority (Republican) * Majority Leader: Antonio R. Unpingco * Asst. Majority Leader: Ray Tenorio Raymond Stanley Tenorio (born February 8, 1965) is an American-Guamanian politician and former police officer of the Guam Police Department who served as the 9th Lieutenant Governor of Guam from January 3, 2011, to January 7, 2019. Tenorio is a ... Membership References {{reflist Politics of Guam Political organizations based in Guam Legislature of Guam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
