Felix Perez Camacho

Felix James Pérez Camacho (ペレス・カマチョ・フェリクス・ジェームズ, Peresu Kamacho Ferikusu Jēmuzu, born October 30, 1957, in Camp Zama, Japan) is a former Governor of Guam from January 6, 2003 to January 3, 2011. He is a member of the United States Republican Party.

Biography

Early life

Camacho was born in Camp Zama, Japan along with his father Carlos Camacho and Lourdes Pérez who stayed on Guam. Camacho become Guam's first elected governor, was serving in the military. He was raised in Tamuning, Guam and was educated in the Catholic school system. He then received a degree in business administration and finance in 1980 from Marquette University.

Political career

Camacho has held positions with Pacific Financial Corporation as an insurance manager and with IBM as an account administrator. In March 1988, Governor Joseph Ada appointed him as deputy director of the Public Utility Agency of Guam and later that year he was chosen as executive director of the department. In 1992, Camacho was elected as senator in the Twenty-second Guam Legislature, and was subsequently re-elected in 1994 and 1996. As a senator, he served as chairman of the Committee on Tourism, Transportation, and Economic Development. He also served as a majority whip.