| Post: | Governor |
| Body: | the Northern Mariana Islands |
| Insignia: | Seal of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 110px |
| Insigniacaption: | Commonwealth seal |
| Incumbent: | Arnold Palacios |
| Incumbentsince: | January 9, 2023 |
| Residence: | Juan A. Sablan Memorial Bldg. |
| Termlength: | 4 years single term, eligible for second. |
| Inaugural: | Carlos S. Camacho |
| Formation: | January 9, 1978 |
| Website: | Office of the Governor |
The following is a list of persons who served as governor of Northern Mariana Islands. The term of office is 4 years. The longest-serving governors in CNMI history are Pedro Tenorio, who served 12 years in office from 1982 to 1990 and from 1998 to 2002, and Benigno Fitial, who served 7 years, one month, and 11 days from 2006 to 2013.
The current governor is Arnold Palacios, since January 9, 2023.
| No. | Portrait | Officeholder | Elected | Took office | Left office | Party | |||
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| 1 | Carlos S. Camacho | 1977 | bgcolor= | Democratic | |||||
| 2 | Pedro Tenorio | 1981 1985 | bgcolor= | Republican | |||||
| 3 | Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero | 1989 | bgcolor= | Republican | |||||
| 4 | Froilan Tenorio | 1993 | bgcolor= | Democratic | |||||
| 5 | Pedro Tenorio | 1997 | bgcolor= | Republican | |||||
| 6 | Juan Babauta | 2001 | bgcolor= | Republican | |||||
| 7 | Benigno Fitial | 2005 2009 | bgcolor= | ||||||
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| 8 | Eloy Inos | 2014 | bgcolor= | ||||||
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| 9 | Ralph Torres | 2018 | January 9, 2023 | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||
| 10 | Arnold Palacios | 2022 | Incumbent | bgcolor= | Independent | ||||