26 Facts About Froilan Tenorio

Froilan Cruz "Lang" Tenorio was a Northern Mariana Islander politician who was the fourth governor of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Froilan Tenorio graduated from the Territorial College of Guam in 1962 with an associate's degree before earning a bachelor's degree in civil engineering at Marquette University in 1967.

Froilan Tenorio was employed by the Los Angeles, California department of public works.

Froilan Tenorio founded his own construction company two years later.

Froilan Tenorio warned the legislature against increasing spending without accompanying measures to increase revenue.

However, the legislature implemented an earned income credit which was repealed after Froilan Tenorio left office because there were not enough funds to pay for it.

Froilan Tenorio frequently battled with the Republican-dominated legislature during his term.

Froilan Tenorio's first executive order was a sweeping reorganization of the commonwealth government that was contested by both litigation and by the legislature.

Froilan Tenorio was later appointed successfully to that court by Tenorio's successor, Pedro P Tenorio, a Republican.

Federal legislation signed nearly a decade after Froilan Tenorio left office altered the minimum wage regulations and immigration system of the CNMI.

Governor Froilan Tenorio has embarked on a bold course to promote economic and political liberty in the CNMI.

The brave men and women who died for freedom at the battle of Saipan would be proud to know that Governor Froilan Tenorio has been a true champion of freedom in the Western Pacific.

Governor Froilan Tenorio recognizes that the market, and not the government, is the engine of job creation.

Governor Froilan Tenorio has pushed forward with a program of privatization, fiscal restraint, and lower taxes for his people.

DeLay and Froilan Tenorio shared strong ties to lobbyist Jack Abramoff, and both would become infamous in the Jack Abramoff CNMI scandal.

In 1997, Froilan Tenorio ran for re-election in a three-way race.

In October 1996, the contract with Preston Gates expired, but the Froilan Tenorio administration broke CNMI laws and continued to pay the firm without a valid contract until Froilan Tenorio left office on January 11,1998.

In 2010, Froilan Tenorio maintained that Abramoff "did the job" and deserved his pay.

In December 1995, Tenorio appointed Jose A Sonoda as Director of the Division of Customs Services within the CNMI government's Department of Finance.

Rumors circulated that Froilan Tenorio had broken the law in some regard, perhaps by stealing the money.

Rather than running as a Democrat as he had in the past, Froilan Tenorio ran as the candidate of the Reform Party, which he had founded in 1999.

In 2005, Froilan Tenorio again entered the gubernatorial race, returning to the Democratic Party.

In May 2009, Froilan Tenorio announced that he had joined the Covenant Party and was allied with Governor Fitial.

Rather than seeking the gubernatorial post again, Froilan Tenorio ran for a seat in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives, hoping to represent Precinct 1.

Froilan Tenorio ran on a platform of increased government investment in tourism, reform of the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation, and economic growth through job creation and increased purchasing power for residents, favoring job creation through new construction projects.

Froilan Tenorio later said in an interview that if elected he would seek to restore the earned income credit, an anti-poverty program implemented by his administration in the 1990s, to increase employment and purchasing power.