Pedro Pangelinan Tenorio

Pedro Tenorio
2nd & 5th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
In office
January 12, 1998 – January 14, 2002
LieutenantJesus Sablan
Preceded byFroilan Tenorio
Succeeded byJuan Babauta
In office
January 11, 1982 – January 8, 1990
LieutenantPedro A. Tenorio
Preceded byCarlos S. Camacho
Succeeded byLorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero
President of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate
In office
January 14, 1980 – January 11, 1982
Preceded byLorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero
Succeeded byOlympio T. Borja
Personal details
Born
Pedro Pangelinan Tenorio

(1934-04-18)April 18, 1934
Saipan, Mariana Islands, South Pacific Mandate
DiedMay 21, 2018(2018-05-21) (aged 84)
Garapan, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseSophie Pangelinan
Children9
EducationUniversity of Guam

Pedro "Teno"[1] Pangelinan Tenorio (April 18, 1934 – May 21, 2018) was a Northern Mariana Islander politician who served as the second and fifth governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from January 11, 1982, to January 8, 1990, and then from January 12, 1998, to January 14, 2002.[2]

With 12 years in office, Tenorio was the longest-serving governor in CNMI history.

  1. ^ Patterson, Carolyn Bennett, et al. "At the Birth of Nations: In the Far Pacific." National Geographic Magazine, October 1986 page 498. National Geographic Virtual Library, Accessed May 17, 2018.
  2. ^ Marchesseault, Jeffrey (May 20, 2018). "CNMI mourns passing of legendary former Governor Pedro "Teno" Tenorio". PNC News First. Retrieved December 25, 2023.

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