Rafael Sablan Demapan (born August 23, 1968) is a Northern Mariana Islander politician who served in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives from January 10, 2010, to January 2019. [1]
Rafael Sablan Demapan was born August 23, 1968. [2]
Demapan was elected in the 2009 election to the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives as a candidate of the Covenant Party. [3] He was sworn in on January 10, 2010. [4]
After the dissolution of the Covenant Party, Demapan was successfully reelected as a Republican in the 2014 election. [5] [6]
At the start of the 19th Commonwealth Legislature, Demapan was elected Vice Speaker over Roman C. Benavente with 11 votes to Benavente's 9 votes. [7] During this session, he was elevated to speakership in a "shared speakership" arrangement with Joseph Pinaula Deleon Guerrero. [8] Demapan retained the position of Speaker in the 20th Commonwealth Legislature. [9] In 2018, he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection with independent candidate Tina Sablan and fellow Republican incumbent John P. Sablan winning the two seats. [10]