Rudolph Guerrero Sablan was a Guamanian politician and member of the Democratic Party of Guam.
24 Facts About Rudy Sablan
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Rudy Sablan served as the second lieutenant governor of Guam from January 6,1975 to January 1,1979 under Governor Ricardo Bordallo.
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Rudy Sablan was born in Agana, Guam, which is known as Hagatna.
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Rudy Sablan graduated from Father Duenas Memorial School in 1950 as the valedictorian of his class.
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Rudy Sablan attended Boston College from 1950 to 1952 and received his bachelor's degree in political science 1954 from the former Loyola University of Los Angeles, which is part of Loyola Marymount University.
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Rudy Sablan was hired by a Navy Public Works Center after college before being drafted in the United States Army in 1956.
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Rudy Sablan attend basic training in Hawaii and remained there to serve as an intelligence analyst and area studies specialist with the 14th Radio Broadcasting and Leaflet Battalion.
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Rudy Sablan served until December 1957 and returned to Guam after an honorable discharge.
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Once he had returned to Guam, Rudy Sablan took a job within the territorial government.
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Rudy Sablan was quickly promoted to administrative positions within government agencies, including the Director of Labor and Personnel by 1961.
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The appointments allowed Rudy Sablan to oversee much of Guam's executive branch.
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The Bordallo-Rudy Sablan team won the 1974 Democratic primary election, defeating the three other candidates.
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Governor Rudy Sablan were sworn into office on January 6,1975.
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In 1978, Rudy Sablan ran against Governor Bordallo in the gubernatorial election.
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Four years later, Rudy Sablan announced his candidacy for Governor of Guam in the 1982 gubernatorial election.
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Rudy Sablan again picked his Joe Leon Guerrero, as his running mate for Lt.
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However, the Rudy Sablan-Guerrero lost a rematch in Democratic primary to Ricardo Bordallo and his new running mate, Edward Diego Reyes.
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Rudy Sablan remained a proponent the Guam Commonwealth Act, even after the end of the Bordallo-Reyes administration in 1987.
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In December 1989, Rudy Sablan testified in support of the Guam Commonwealth Act at the sole US congressional hearing on the Act, which was held in Honolulu.
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In 1983, Sablan was appointed Chairman of the board of directors of the Guam Airport Authority, a territorial government agency which operates the island's international airport.
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Rudy Sablan worked to reconcile the various, often infighting, factions of the Democratic Party of Guam by 1993.
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Rudy Sablan endorsed the 1994 gubernatorial campaign of Governor Carl Gutierrez and Lt.
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Rudy Sablan became an integral advisor to the new Gutierrez administration.
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Rudy Sablan died on July 24,1995 at the age of 63.