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Juan Babauta (Juan Nekai Babauta) was born on 7 September, 1953 in Tanapag, Mariana Islands, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, is a Northern Mariana Islander politician. Discover Juan Babauta's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?

Popular As Juan Nekai Babauta
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Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 7 September, 1953
Birthday 7 September
Birthplace Tanapag, Mariana Islands, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Nationality Mariana Islands

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1953

Juan Nekai Babauta (born September 7, 1953) is a Northern Mariana Islander politician who served as the fifth governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from January 14, 2002, to January 9, 2006.

Juan Babauta was born in Tanapag, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands on September 7, 1953.

He is the oldest of his family's nine children.

Babauta completed elementary school on Saipan.

His parents then sent him to the mainland United States to continue his education.

Babuata moved to Enosburg Falls, Vermont, where he attended Enosburg Falls High School while living on a dairy farm with a host family for three years.

1972

Babauta, who was student body president during his senior year and a member of the National Honors Society, graduated from Enosburg in 1972.

1976

Babauta attended a summer session at Johnson State College of Vermont in 1976.

He received a Bachelor of Science degree in American history and political science from Eastern New Mexico University in 1976 and a Master of Arts in political science from ENMU that same year.

1977

Babauta's interest in health planning began when he worked as a health planner for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from April to August 1977, based on Saipan.

1979

In 1979, Babauta completed a Master of Science degree in health planning and administration from the University of Cincinnati.

He became the executive director for the Commonwealth Health Planning and Development Agency in May 1979 after completing his master's degree at the University of Cincinnati.

1985

Babauta was elected to the Northern Mariana Islands Senate in November 1985 representing the 3rd Senatorial District, which encompassed Saipan and the Northern Islands Municipality.

1986

He remained executive director until January 1986.

He took office in January 1986 and served for one, four-year term in the Fifth and Sixth Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislatures.

He served as the Senate floor leader from January 1986 to January 1988 and the chairman of the Fiscal Affairs committee from January 1986 until August 1987.

Babauta also chaired the Committee on Health, Education and Welfare from January 1986 and January 1990 and the Committee on Rules and Procedure from January 1988 until he left office in January 1990.

1988

Babauta introduced The Education Act of 1988 as a Senator.

1989

In November 1989, Babauta was elected as the third Resident Representative of the Northern Mariana Islands in Washington D.C. He took office in January 1990, succeeding Froilan Tenorio.

1990

He served as Resident Representative for three 4-year terms from January 1990 until leaving office in January 2002 to become governor.

2001

In November 2001, Babauta was elected Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands in the four-way gubernatorial election as a Republican.

Babauta and his running mate, Diego Benavente, won the election with 5,512 votes, the largest number of votes ever received by a gubernatorial candidate in the Northern Mariana Islands at the time.

He defeated Covenant Party candidate Benigno Fitial, Democrat Jesus Borja and former Governor and then Reform Party candidate Froilan Tenorio, respectively.

2002

Babauta and Benavente were sworn into office on January 14, 2002.

The Republican party refused to hold a primary against former Speaker (2002-2004) Heinz Hofschneider.

Babauta and Benavente eventually came in third place in the gubernatorial election, behind Covenant Party candidate Benigno Fitial and Hofschneider, running as an independent, in an election that marked the worst defeat for the Republican Party in its history.

Benigno Fitial was elected Governor over independent Heinz Hofschneider by just 99 votes after fifteen days tallying absentee ballots, the closest gubernatorial election in Northern Mariana Islands history at the time.

Fitial won with 3809 votes (28.07%) while independent Hofschneider came in a close second with 3,710 votes (27.33%).

Babauta placed a disappointing third place with 3,610 votes, or 26.66%.

Froilan Tenorio came in fourth with 2442 votes (17.99%).

In a concession speech at his home, Babauta told supporters, "Nobody's to blame but me."

2005

Babauta was defeated for re-election in the 2005 gubernatorial election.

2006

Babauta left office on January 9, 2006.

2007

Babauta also worked as the publisher of Homeland Magazine from 2007 until 2009.

2009

Four years later, Babauta unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination in the 2009 gubernatorial election with running mate, Galvin S. Deleon Guerrero, the principal at Mount Carmel School.

Babauta was defeated in the Republican primary election on June 27, 2009, by Heinz Hofschneider.

Hofschneider received 3,382 votes in the primary election, while Babauta garnered 2,986 votes.

Babauta reiterated a unity pledge with Hofschneider after the primary and endorsed Hofschneider in his bid for the governorship.

2010

In April 2010, Babauta declared his candidacy for Northern Mariana Islands' Delegate to the United States House of Representatives as a Republican against incumbent Rep. Gregorio Kilili Sablan.

Babauta faced Sablan, as well as Democrat Jesus Borja and Covenant candidate Joseph Camacho in the 2010 United States House of Representatives election in the Northern Mariana Islands on November 2, 2010.