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Benigno Repeki Fitial (born November 27, 1945) is the former governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Fitial was elected on November 6, 2005 and assumed office on January 9, 2006 and was re-elected to a second five-year term in 2009. He was impeached by the CNMI House of Representatives on February 11, 2013, and was scheduled to face trial before the CNMI Senate to determine if he should be removed from office.〔http://www.mvariety.com/cnmi/cnmi-news/local/53535-impeached〕 He resigned on February 20, 2013. Fitial founded the Covenant Party in 2001 after leaving the Republican Party. He rejoined the Republican Party on January 5, 2011, announcing that his goal will be to merge the Covenant Party back into the Republican Party.〔 Fitial was the first governor in any US territory or commonwealth to be impeached and only the 13th governor in the history of the United States.〔Impeachment in the United States〕 On February 11 & 12, 2013 the CNMI House of Representatives voted to impeach Fitial on 18 different charges contained in Articles of Impeachment.〔http://www.cnmileg.gov.mp/documents/house/hse_res/18/HR18-002.pdf〕 The charges include neglect of duties, commission of felonies and abuse of power. Rather than facing a trial before the CNMI Senate which was set for March 7, 2013, Benigno Repeki Fitial became the first governor in CNMI history to resign from office on February 20, 2013.〔http://www.mvariety.com/cnmi/cnmi-news/local/53754-breaking-news-governor-fitial-resigns-effective-today〕 In his resignation letter he cited "personal health" reasons and the "best interests of the Commonwealth". ==Personal life== Born on November 27, 1945, and raised in a Satawalese family, Fitial graduated with honors from Saipan's Mt. Carmel High School in 1964. He obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration with an emphasis on business management from the University of Guam.〔 He is recognized as a University of Guam Distinguished Alumni.〔("Distinguished Alumni" )〕 Fitial is the first elected governor of Carolinian descent in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).〔 Carolinians are indigenous to the Caroline Islands, and the ancestors of most Carolinians now living in the northern Mariana Islands immigrated there in the early 19th century, from the Yap and Chuuk island groups of what is now the Federated States of Micronesia. The Chamorro are the indigenous inhabitants of the Marianas, and past winners of gubernatorial elections in the CNMI had been Chamorro. The former Governor is married to Josie Fitial (née Padiermos), a Filipino who as a contract worker in 1983 moved to the CNMI, where Filipinos outnumber residents of all Pacific Islander ethnicities combined. Padiermos, like many Filipinos, moved abroad for employment to send financial support to family members still in the Philippines.〔 The couple met while she was working as a waitress on Saipan. They have two children together, Patrick and Christina, in addition to Benigno Fitial's four children from a previous marriage, Jason, Cathy, Junella and Julie. Fitial has described himself in the past as a "good friend" of convicted US Lobbyist Jack Abramoff, which has caused some controversy in both the Commonwealth and Washington. As vice president of Tan Holdings, Fitial worked closely with Abramoff, who was a consistent client of the family textile conglomerate.〔http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2006/June/06-27-13.htm〕 Fitial and his wife are residents of the Gualo Rai, Saipan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Benigno Fitial」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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