List of governors of Guam
Appearance
Governor of Guam
I Maga'låhen/Maga'håga Guåhan | |
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Style | The Honorable (formal) |
Residence | Government House (Agaña Heights) |
Seat | Ricardo J. Bordallo Governor's Complex (Adelup) |
Term length | Four-year term, renewable once |
Constituting instrument | Organic Act of Guam |
Inaugural holder | Carlos Camacho |
Formation | January 4, 1971 |
Deputy | Lieutenant Governor of Guam (Josh Tenorio) |
Salary | $90,000 (2013)[1] |
The Governor of Guam (Chamorro: I Maga'låhen/Maga'håga Guåhan ) is the chief executive of the Government of Guam and the commander-in-chief of the Guam National Guard.
The current governor is Lou Leon Guerrero, a Democrat who was inaugurated on January 7, 2019 following her election in 2018.
List of elected Governors
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Governor | Served | Party | Elected | Previous Office | Lieutenant Governor | ||||
1 | Carlos G. Camacho (1924–1979) |
January 4, 1971 – January 6, 1975 |
Republican | 1970 | Appointed Governor of Guam | Kurt S. Moylan | |||
2 | Ricardo Bordallo (1927–1990) |
January 6, 1975 – January 1, 1979 |
Democratic | 1974 | Senator of the Guam Legislature | Rudolph G. Sablan | |||
3 | Paul McDonald Calvo (1934–2024) |
January 1, 1979 – January 3, 1983 |
Republican | 1978 | Senator of the Guam Legislature | Joseph F. Ada | |||
4 | Ricardo Bordallo (1927–1990) |
January 3, 1983 – January 5, 1987 |
Democratic | 1982 | Senator of the Guam Legislature | Edward Diego Reyes | |||
5 | Joseph F. Ada (1943–) |
January 3, 1987 – January 2, 1995 |
Republican | 1986 1990 |
Lieutenant Governor of Guam | Frank F. Blas | |||
6 | Carl T.C. Gutierrez (1941–) |
January 2, 1995 – January 6, 2003 |
Democratic | 1994 1998 |
Senator of the Guam Legislature | Madeleine Bordallo | |||
7 | Felix J. Perez Camacho (1957–) |
January 6, 2003 – January 3, 2011 |
Republican | 2002 2006 |
Senator of the Guam Legislature | Kaleo Moylan | |||
Michael Cruz | |||||||||
8 | Eddie J. Baza Calvo (1961–) |
January 3, 2011 – January 7, 2019 |
Republican | 2010 2014 |
Senator of the Guam Legislature | Ray Tenorio | |||
9 | Lou Leon Guerrero (1950–) |
January 7, 2019 – Incumbent |
Democratic | 2018 2022 |
Senator of the Guam Legislature | Josh Tenorio |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries". The Council of State Governments. June 25, 2013. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2014.