Gilbert Joseph Birnbrich ( ) was the

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of the Northern Mariana Islands from 2014 to 2015.

Early life and career

Birnbrich is a native of

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. He studied law in Ohio, before moving to the Northern Mariana Islands in 2003. He served as a clerk for Judge

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in the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands from 2003 to 2006, before working in private practice for attorney Colin Thompson. In February 2010 he joined the CNMI Office of the Attorney General, becoming Chief of the Civil Division in May 2011. On December 30, 2013, he was appointed Deputy Attorney General. While at the OAG Birnbrich was a witness in the criminal trial of his former boss, ex-Attorney General

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, over the events culminating on Saturday, August 4, 2012.

Attorney General

When Attorney General

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resigned to run for Mayor of Tinian, effective July 5, 2014, Birnbrich became the acting Attorney General. He was then appointed to the post in his own right by Governor Eloy Inos, and confirmed by the Senate in September 2014. Birnbrich was the last Attorney General appointed by a governor before the position became an elected office, as of the 2014 elections.

References

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