Paul Atalig Manglona (born January 25, 1958) is a politician from the Northern Mariana Islands. He is a member of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate from Rota, serving from 1987 until 2013, again from 2013 to 2015, and again from 2016 to 2025.
Biography
editHe was born on January 25, 1958,[1] to Prudencio Taisacan Manglona, a longtime Mayor of Rota, and Bernadita Atalig Manglona.[2][3] He graduated from Father Duenas Memorial High School in Guam in 1976 as the valedictorian. He then graduated from Santa Clara University with a BA Degree in civil engineering and further studied at San Jose State University. He returned to the Northern Mariana Islands and worked for the CMS Construction before working for Rota's Public Works.[4] In 1985, Manglona was a delegate to the Second Constitutional Convention.[5]
Manglona was first elected to the Senate in 1987 as a Republican.[6] During his first tenue, Manglona served as the chamber’s president on multiple occasions.[7] Manglona lost the 2012 Senate election to Republican Victor Hocog. In 2013, Senator Juan Manglona Ayuyu was convicted of smuggling of federally protected Mariana fruit bats. The conviction created a vacancy which the Northern Mariana Islands Supreme Court ruled would be filled by Manglona until the next general election.[8] In the 2014 general election, Manglona finished third of five candidates for two seats. The winners were Republican candidates Teresita Santos and Steven King Mesngon.[9]
Manglona was again appointed to the Senate on February 10, 2016 to succeed Victor Hocog upon Hocog’s elevation to Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands.[10] In the 2024 general election, Manglona lost to special education teacher Ronnie Mendiola Calvo.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Inauguration of the Seventeenth Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislature" (PDF). Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. January 11, 2010. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
- ^ Manglona, Prudencio (February 15, 1997). "Interview of Prudencio T. Manglona" (PDF) (Interview). Interviewed by Howard P. Willens and Deanne C. Siemer. Northern Marianas Humanities Council. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
- ^ "Organizational Meeting" (PDF). Journal of the CNMI Senate. 12 (1): 15. January 10, 2000. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
- ^ "Senator Manglona donates $2,000 in scholarship money". Mariana's Variety News & Views. June 28, 1991. p. 6. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
- ^ "Your Candidates in the 2016 Elections". Saipan Tribune. 2016-11-07. Archived from the original on 2016-12-01. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ Limole, K-Andrea Evarose (January 14, 2021). "Hofschneider elected CNMI Senate president". The Guam Daily Post. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
- ^ Chan, Dennis B. (February 1, 2016). "Manglona seeks participation in next Rota session". Saipan Tribune. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
- ^ Sablan, Christina. "Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014: Northern Mariana Islands". The Contemporary Pacific. 27 (1). University of Hawaiʻi Press: 239–250. Retrieved April 15, 2024 – via eVols.
- ^ "2014 General Election Results". Commonwealth Election Commission. November 21, 2014. Archived from the original on August 7, 2020.
- ^ Borja, Francisco M. (President of the Senate) (February 10, 2016). "Appointment of Paul A. Manglona" (PDF). Senate Journal. 17 (25). Northern Mariana Islands Senate: 4–11. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
- ^ Erediano, Emmanuel T. (November 6, 2024). "Senate president and longest-serving senator lose seats". Saipan Tribune. Retrieved November 6, 2024.