Joey Patrick San Nicolas is a politician in the

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), is an unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the United States consisting of 14 islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.Lin, Tom C.W.Amer ...

(CNMI) who served as Mayor of

Tinian Tinian () is one of the three principal islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Together with uninhabited neighboring Aguiguan, it forms Tinian Municipality, one of the four constituent municipalities of the Northern ...

. He previously served as

Attorney General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general (: attorneys general) or attorney-general (AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have executive responsibility for law enf ...

Career

On Tuesday, October 23, 2012, San Nicolas was nominated as the Attorney General, and appointed in an acting capacity, by Governor

Benigno Fitial Benigno Repeki Fitial (born November 27, 1945) is a Northern Marianan politician who served as the seventh governor of the Northern Mariana Islands. The second longest-serving governor in CNMI history, Fitial was elected on November 6, 2005, assum ...

. On Friday, November 16, 2012, he was unanimously confirmed by the CNMI Senate on his native

and sworn in later that day. He succeeded acting Attorney General Ellsbeth Viola Alepuyo, who was appointed on Monday, August 13, 2012 after Edward Buckingham fled the island in scandal. San Nicolas resigned effective Saturday, July 5, 2014, to run for Mayor of Tinian. He was succeeded by Deputy Attorney General Gilbert Joseph Birnbrich. San Nicolas was elected Mayor in the 2014 election. San Nicolas chose not to run for reelection in the 2018 general election, instead backing Edwin Palacios Aldan, who represented the 6th District 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 ...

. Aldan won the election and was sworn in as mayor on January 14, 2019.

References

Living people 21st-century mayors of places in the Northern Mariana Islands Attorneys general of the Northern Mariana Islands Mayors of Tinian and Aguiguan Northern Mariana Islands lawyers American lawyers 1973 births {{NorthernMarianas-politician-stub