Maria Frica Pangelinan Explained

Maria "Frica" Tudela Pangelinan^[1] (born December 5, 1948) is a Northern Mariana Islander politician. She is the first female senator to serve in the Northern Mariana Islands Senate.^[2]

She graduated from the University of Guam in 1981 with a BBA. While attending college, she served as acting director of finance.^[3] She was elected as a delegate to the CNMI's second constitutional convention.^[4]

Pangelinan is a member of the Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands. In the 2018 Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election, Pangelinan endorsed Republican incumbent Ralph Torres.^[5]

External links

• Saipan Tribune: Senator Pangelinan Farewell letter published in the Saipan Tribune
• Senator Maria Frica T. Pangelinan official biography

Notes and References

1. https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=168766 Our Campaigns - Pangelinan, Maria Frica Tudela
2. News: Marconi. Calindas. 'Women of power' meet Miss Teen beauties. Saipan Tribune. 2006-03-05. 2009-07-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20120224073527/http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?cat=1&newsID=55387. 2012-02-24. dead.
3. News: Who Is Maria T. Pangelinan?. Marianas Variety. 7. 14. 4. April 12, 1985. December 18, 2021.
4. News: Letter to Saipan Residents. Marianas Variety. 9. 14. 7. May 3, 1985. December 18, 2021.
5. Dandan. Zaldy. Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019. The Contemporary Pacific. 32. 1. 225–231. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. dead. December 15, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211215181814/https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/75678/v32n1-188-231-politicalrev.pdf.