Miguel S. Demapan Bachelor of Science, Master of Business Administration, Juris Doctor, D.Litt was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands from 1999 to 2011.
Education
Born on Saipan, Demapan attended Marianas High School, obtained a Bachelor of Science from the Seattle University in 1975, an Master of Business Administration at Golden Gate University in 1983, and a Juris Doctor from Santa Clara University in 1985.
Career
Demapan returned to Marianas Island 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.
Demapan died by his colon cancer on June 30, 2012 in Saipan, when he was 59.