Contemporary Guam Politics and Government Entries

Senator Ricardo Bordallo, Sen. Richard Taitano, Legal Council Andrew Gayle, Sen. James Sablan, and sitting across is Carlos Lizama Taitano, GDOE Board.
A 1974 Analysis of Social, Cultural and Historical Factors Bearing on the Political Status of Guam
Activist, Champion of Chamorro Rights, Senator, these are titiles Angel Leon Guerrero Santos has held in bringing awareness of federal landtakings and constraints imposed on original landowners.
Angel Leon Guerrero Santos
Activist, Champion of Chamorro Rights, Senator, these are titiles Angel Leon Guerrero Santos has held in bringing awareness of federal landtakings and constraints imposed on original landowners.
Angel LG Santos, Interpretive Essay
Candelaria Taitano Rios
Candelaria Taitano Rios
Cecilia Cruz Bamba was a community organizer, senator, businesswoman and mother of ten. She founded and participated in many community organizations. As a senator she joined a dozen committees as well as established the War Reparations Commission.
Cecilia Cruz Bamba
Decolonization Registry Liberation Day, 21 July 2013.
CHamoru/Chamorro Registry and the Decolonization Registry
Members of the Commission on Self-Determination with newly-appointed interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt in 1993; from left: Mayor Francisco N. Lizama, Presiding Judge Alberto Lamorena, Senator Marilyn Manibusan, Secretary Babbitt, Senator Pilar C. Lujan, Congressman Robert Underwood, Governor Joseph F. Ada, and Senator Francisco R. Santos. Photo Courtesy of the Department of CHamoru Affairs.
CHamoru/Chamorro Self-Determination
Guam Leaders and Department of Interior
Commission on Decolonization
Commission on Self-Determination members and staff, 1987. Photo Courtesy of the Department of Chamorro Affairs.
Commission on Self-Determination
Congressman Vicente "Ben" Garrido Blaz
Congressman Vicente “Ben” Garrido Blaz
Dr. Pedro Cruz Sanchez
Dr. Pedro Cruz Sanchez
Portrait of Senator Elizabeth P. Arriola. Arriola was elected in 1982 and served the next twelve years. She was known as the "Mother of Historic Preservation," for having authored the Guam Preservation Trust (GPT) legislation in 1990.
Elizabeth Perez Arriola
Fanohge Famalaoan Featured Image
Fanohge Famalåo'an and Fan'tachu Fama'lauan
Carl Tommy Cruz Gutierrez was the 11th civilian governor of Guam, serving two consecutive terms, along with Madeliene Z. Bordallo, his Lieutenant Governor, from 1995 until 2002.
Governor Carl Tommy Cruz Gutierrez
Governor Carlos Camacho
Governor Carlos Camacho
Eddie Baza Calvo is the thirteenth civilian Governor of Guam. He was elected in 2010 and sworn into office on January 2011.
Governor Eddie Baza Calvo
Governor Felix and First Lady Joann Camacho with their three children, Jessica, Felix and Maria and grandchild Colin.
Governor Felix Perez Camacho
Governor Joseph Ada served as Speaker of the 13th and 14th Guam Legislature. Courtesy of Governor Joseph Ada
Governor Joseph Franklin Ada
Inauguration of first female governor of Guam.
Governor Lourdes A. "Lou" Leon Guerrero
Governor Paul McDonald Calvo. MARC collection.
Governor Paul McDonald Calvo
Democratic Party of Guam
Governor Ricardo Jerome Bordallo
Commission on Self-Determination in Washington, DC Bordallo Photo Collection
Guam Commonwealth Act
Won Pat
Guam Congressional Representation Act 1972
Senator Carl Gutierrez served as President of Guam's first Constitutional Convention in 1977. Gutierrez Photo Collection
Guam Constitutional Conventions (ConCon)
3rd Guam Legislature, 1955
Guam Legislature
Aerial View Buildup
Guam Military Build Up
Herminia Duenas Dierking
Herminia Duenas Dierking
Reunify Marianas
History of Efforts to Reunify the Mariana Islands
Ignacio "Buck" Cruz
Ignacio "Buck" Cruz
Bendo Latte Villate
Land Ownership on Guam
Lt. Governor Frank F. Blas All Politics and Government Entries
Lt. Governor Frank F. Blas
Madeleine Z. Bordallo is currently Guam's U.S. Delegate to Congress. She has also held the elected positions of Lt. Governor of Guam and Senator.
Madeleine Zeien Bordallo
Photo of Ed Benavente
Nasion Chamoru
OPI-R 1981-1982. This grassroots organization embarked on a campaign to educate Chamorros on the right to self-determination. Photo Courtesy of the Department of Chamorro Affairs.
OPI-R: Organization of People for Indigenous Rights
President Harry Truman finally signed the Organic Act on 1 August 1950, which solidified Guam’s status as an unincorporated territory, and essentially established the Government of Guam while granting American citizenship to the local CHamoru population. Image courtesy of the Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC), UOG.
Organic Act of Guam
Guampedia Circle Logo
PARA-PADA
Guampedia Circle Logo
PASA Conference
Governor Lourdes A. "Lou" Leon Guerrero
Perspective: Women in Politics
Pilar Cruz Lujan
Speaker Joaquin C. Arriola and Vice Speaker William DL Flores with Senators Jose M. Acfalle, George M. Bamba, Ricardo J. Bordallo, Earl C. Conway, Antonio C. Cruz, Oscar L. Delfin, Alfred SN Flores, Francisco G. Lujan, Manuel U. Lujan, Jesus C. Okiyama, Paul D. Palting, Leonardo SN Paulino, Ignacio P. Quitugua, Florencio T. Ramirez, Pedro C. Santos, Rafael C. Sgambelluri, Richard F. Taitano, Edward S. Terlaje and Jesus U. Torres.
Political Status Commissions
Eduardo Jake Calvo was Speaker of the House of Assembly after World War II. Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC), University of Guam.
Republican Party of Guam
Senator Richard Taitano was member of the Guam Legislature for three years. He was Director of the Office of Territories, U.S. Department of Interior during President John F. Kennedy's administration and Deputy High Commissioner of the Trust Territories.
Richard Flores Taitano
Governor Ricardo Bordallo proudly receives a t-shirt from the Chamorro Language Commission.Bordallo Photo Collection
Role of Education in the Preservation of Guam’s Indigenous Language
Guam Leaders and Department of Interior
Self-Determination for CHamorus and Hawai'ians
Military recreation facility in Tumon. National Park Services.
The Fight to Keep Tumon Public
Fanohge CHamoru Exhibition Section 2: Unpacking Terms. UN General Assembly Hall, New York City, NY Wikimedia Common (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_Nations_General_As...(3).jpg)
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The San Francisco Conference, 25 April - 26 June 1945. 16th Plenary Session, 26 June 1945. United Nations Photo # 235995.
United Nations Role in Guam’s Decolonization
Two Lover's Point to Tumon Bay, National Park Services.
Update: Land Ownership on Guam
Senator Vicente "ben" Cabrera Pangelinan
Vicente Cabrera Pangelinan
During the visit of federal stakeholders to the ancient village, We Are Guåhan organized a demonstration to both send a message and educate our federal visitors on the significance of the area. Photo courtesy of We Are Guahan.
We Are Guåhan
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