Joey Patrick San Nicolas | |
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Mayor of Tinian | |
Assumed office January 12, 2015 |
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Preceded by | Ramon Muña Dela Cruz |
Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands | |
In office Tue., October 23, 2012 – Sat., July 5, 2014 |
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Preceded by | Edward Taylor Buckingham, III |
Succeeded by | Gilbert Joseph Birnbrich |
Personal details | |
Born | 1973/1974 (age 43) |
Spouse(s) | Concepcion San Nicolas |
Alma mater |
Chaminade University William Mitchell College of Law (JD, 2003) |
Profession | Lawyer |
Joey Patrick San Nicolas is politician in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), who currently serves as Mayor of Tinian. He previously served as attorney general.
On Tuesday, October 23, 2012 San Nicolas was nominated as the Attorney General, and appointed in an acting capacity, by Governor Benigno Fitial. On Friday, November 16, 2012, he was unanimously confirmed by the CNMI Senate on his native Tinian 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.