Miguel S. Demapan Explained

Miguel Sablan Demapan
Office:3rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Termstart:1999
Termend:2011
Nominator:Pedro Pangelinan Tenorio
Predecessor:Marty Wayne Kendall Taylor
Successor:Alexandro Cruz Castro
Office2:5th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Termstart2:1998
Termend2:1999
Nominator2:Pedro Pangelinan Tenorio
Predecessor2:Pedro Mangloña Atalig
Successor2:John Atalig Mangloña
Birth Date: 1953
Birth Place:Saipan, Mariana Islands, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Death Date:June 30, 2012 (aged 58–59)
Death Place:Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Alma Mater:Seattle University (BA)
Golden Gate University (MBA)
Santa Clara University (JD)

Miguel S. Demapan (1953 – June 30, 2012) was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands from 1999 to 2011.[1] [2]

Born on Saipan, Demapan attended Marianas High School, obtained a Bachelor of Science from the Seattle University in 1975, an MBA at Golden Gate University in 1983, and a JD from Santa Clara University in 1985.[2]

Demapan returned to the Mariana Islands to practice business law. He was called to the judiciary in 1992 as an Associate Judge of the Commonwealth Superior Court, and in 1998 as an associate justice of the Supreme Court. He became Chief Justice in 1999 after being appointed by Governor Pedro Tenorio.[2]

Demapan died of colon cancer on June 30, 2012, in Saipan. He was 59.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?newsID=120059&cat=1 Former chief justice Demapan passes away
  2. http://www.doi.gov/oia/upload/1-Miguel-S-Demapan.pdf Official Biography