Juan Babauta

Quick Facts

Full Name	Juan Babauta
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Sep 7, 1953(1953-09-07)
Age	71
Country	United States
Birth City	Tanapag
Horoscope	Virgo

Juan Babauta Biography

Juan Babauta is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on September 7, 1953 in Tanapag, United States. Juan Babauta was born in Tanapag, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands on the 7th of September 1973. He is the most senior of the nine children. Babauta was a student at the elementary school on Saipan. His parents then took Babauta back to mainland United States to continue his studies. Babuata was then sent into Enosburg Falls, Vermont where he went to Enosburg Falls High School while living on a dairy farm along with the family of his host over the course of three years. Babauta was the student body president in his senior year, and was part of the National Honors Society, graduated from Enosburg in 1972.

Babauta has been elected to his seat in the Northern Mariana Islands Senate in November 1985. He was a member of the 3rd Senatorial District that encompassed Saipan as well as Saipan as well as the Northern Islands Municipality. The senator took office in January of 1986 and was in office for one four-year term during the Sixth and Fifth Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislative Session. He was an official of the Senate Floor Leader from the beginning of January until January 1988, and as Chairman of the Fiscal Affairs committee from January 1986 through August 1987. Babauta also served as chairman of the Committee on Health, Education and Welfare beginning in January 1986 until January 1990, and his Committee on Rules and Procedure beginning in January 1988, until he was removed from office in January. Babauta presented The Education Act of 1988 as a senator.

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

Babauta was defeated for re-election in the 2005 gubernatorial election. 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.” Babauta left office on January 9, 2006.

Babauta’s fascination with health planning started while he was an official for the health planning department of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from April through August 1977, with a base on Saipan. He was named the executive director of the Commonwealth Health Planning and Development Agency in May 1979 following finishing his master’s in the University of Cincinnati. He served as executive director until the beginning of January.

Juan Babauta Net Worth

Juan Babauta is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Juan Babauta 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Juan Nekai Babauta (born September 7th 1953) is a Northern Mariana Islander politician. Babauta was six Governors of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for one period from January 14 2002 until January 9, 2006.

Babauta was a student in a summer session in the summer session at Johnson State College of Vermont in the year 1976. He earned the degree of Bachelor of Science in American political science and history at Eastern New Mexico University in 1976. He also earned an MA in Arts of political science at ENMU in the same year. The year 1979 was the year that Babauta obtained a Masters of Science in health administration and planning at The University of Cincinnati.

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

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Who is Juan Babauta Dating?

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In 2018, Babauta again decided to run for governor as an independent, against Republican incumbent Ralph Torres. This time his running mate was former Education Commissioner Rita Aldan Sablan.

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