Background
Tenorio, Pedro Pangelinan was born on April 18, 1934 in Saipan, Mariana Islands.
Tenorio, Pedro Pangelinan was born on April 18, 1934 in Saipan, Mariana Islands.
He graduated from George Washington High School in Guam and attended the University of Guam.
With 12 years in office, Tenorio is the longest-serving Governor in CNMI history. Tenorio was born on Saipan. He has worked as a schoolteacher, a shipping executive, and a supervisor for a Naval technical and training unit
In 1978, when the Northern Mariana Islands became a United States. commonwealth (CNMI), he was elected vice president of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate in the first commonwealth legislature and chairman of the Programs Committee.
He was elected president of the senate in 1980. Sworn in as governor in 1982, he was reelected for a second term in 1985.
He was elected Governor again in November 1997 and was inaugurated on January 12, 1998.
He first served in the House of Representatives of the Congress of Micronesia and subsequently became a member of the Marianas District Legislature.
Married Sophia Tenorio. 8 children.