Arnold Indalecio Palacios is a Northern Marianan politician currently serving as the 12th

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since January 14, 2019. He previously represented Saipan in the

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. Formerly a member of the

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, he is the governor-elect of the Northern Mariana Islands, having won the 2022 election.

Personal life

Palacios graduated from

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. Palacios is married to Wella Sablan Palacios and they have four children: Arnold Gerard, Nicole, Tiana and Eric.

Political career

Palacios is a former

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of the

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. He was sworn in on January 14, 2008, as the Speaker of the House's 16th Legislature. He represented Election District 3 in the House, which encompasses portions of

Saipan Saipan ( ch, Sa’ipan, cal, Seipél, formerly in es, Saipán, and in ja, 彩帆島, Saipan-tō) is the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands, a Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), commonwealth of the United States in the western Pa ...

and the Northern Islands. Palacios was the

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of four-time gubernatorial candidate

Heinz Hofschneider Heinz Sablan Hofschneider (born July 1, 1957) is a politician from the Northern Mariana Islands. Hofschneider served as the Speaker of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives from 2002 to 2004 and is a four-time candidate for Governor ...

in the 2009 election. If elected, Palacios would have become the Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands in 2010. Instead, he was elected in

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with incumbent Governor

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to begin a term in January 2019. Palacios is currently an independent candidate for Governor in the 2022 election, running with

mayor David M. Apatang as his running-mate.

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Personal life

Political career

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