Angel Aldan Demapan (born May 27, 1982 in

Saipan Saipan () is the largest island and capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, an unincorporated Territories of the United States, territory of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean. According to 2020 estimates by the United States Cens ...

Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), is an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territory and Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), commonwealth of the United States consistin ...

) is a Northern Mariana Islands politician affiliated with the Republican Party.

Early life

Demapan was born on

, Northern Mariana Islands, on May 27, 1982, to Juan Deleon Guerrero Demapan and Rosario Benavente Aldan. His father died from a stroke when he was 11-years old, while his mother suffered paralysis from a stroke a few years later. He received an

Associate in Applied Science An associate degree or associate's degree is an undergraduate degree awarded after a course of post-secondary study lasting two to three years. It is a level of academic qualification above a high school diploma and below a bachelor's degree. ...

degree in

business administration Business administration is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. Overview The administration of a business includes the performance o ...

from

Northern Marianas College Northern Marianas College (NMC) is a public land-grant college in the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ( CNMI). The college was founded in Susupe in 1976. NMC today has three campuses on the islands of Saipan, Tinian, ...

and studied

communications Communication is commonly defined as the transmission of information. Its precise definition is disputed and there are disagreements about whether Intention, unintentional or failed transmissions are included and whether communication not onl ...

at the

University of Hawaii at Manoa A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Univ ...

. He was a member of the 2nd and 3rd CNMI Youth Congresses.

First CNMI House tenure

Demapan served in the

Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives The Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is the lower house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. In the 2007 election cycle, the CNMI House membership was increased from 18 to 20. Representatives serve two-ye ...

during the 19th and 20th Commonwealth Legislatures.

2018 United States House of Representatives election

On October 4, 2017, Demapan announced his candidacy for Delegate to the United States House of Representatives in the November 2018 election. He faced incumbent Delegate Gregorio "Killi" Sablan, an independent, in the forthcoming election on November 13, 2018, who won reelection by a wide margin. Between his loss in the 2018 election and his election to the CNMI House in 2020, he was chief of staff to Governor

Ralph Torres Ralph Deleon Guerrero Torres (born August 6, 1979) is a Northern Marianan politician, who served as the ninth governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, from December 29, 2015, to January 9, 2023. He is a Republican from Saipan, Commonwealth of th ...

Second CNMI House tenure

In the 2020 general election, he was elected to the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives. In August 2021, after the passing of Minority Leader Ivan Blanco, Demapan was elected House Minority Leader by his fellow Republicans. In the 2022 general election, Demapan ran for an open seat in the

Northern Mariana Islands Senate The Northern Mariana Islands Senate is the upper house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. The Senate consists of nine senators representing three senatorial districts (Saipan & the Northern Islands, Tinian & Aguijan, a ...

. He finished third of five candidates for the two open seats, losing to Democratic candidate

Celina Babauta Celina Roberto Babauta is a Northern Mariana Islander politician and incumbent Democratic member of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate representing the 3rd district. Babauta was sworn into office on January 9, 2023. Prior to her service in the ...

and Democratic-aligned independent candidate

Corina Magofna Corina Lorraine Magofna is a member of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate from Saipan. Magnofa was elected to the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives in a 2021 special election. Magofna was then elected to the Senate in the 2022 gen ...

. After the start of the 23rd Commonwealth Legislature, the predominantly-Republican minority chose Patrick Hofschneider San Nicolas to succeed Demapan as minority leader.

Post-legislative career

In 2024, Demapan is an administrative services manager for the Nutrition Assistance Program. In 2025, he was named Deputy Assistant Secretary for Insular & International Affairs in the

United States Department of the Interior The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is an United States federal executive departments, executive department of the Federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government responsible for the management and conservation ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Demapan, Angel 1982 births Living people Members of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives People from Saipan Republican Party (Northern Mariana Islands) politicians Candidates in the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections