Edward Pangelinan

Edward D.L.G. Pangelinan was a politician from the Northern Mariana Islands who served as the Resident Representative from the Northern Mariana Islands to the United States House of Representatives from 1978 – 1984. He also served as the Chairman of the Marianas Political Status Commission which established the present political union between the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States. In 1983, he switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party. He lost reelection to Froilan Tenorio in the 1984 general election. He later became a lobbyist for the Northern Mariana Islands.
His son James, is a Colonel in the United States Army and the highest-ranking member of the United States Army from the Northern Mariana Islands.