# Jesus Sablan

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{{Short description|Northern Mariana Islands politician (born 1952)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = Jesus Sablan
|image        = 
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|caption      = 
|order        = 5th
|state        = 
|office       = Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
|term_start   = January 12, 1998
|term_end     = January 14, 2002
|governor     = [Pedro Pangelinan Tenorio](/source/Pedro_Pangelinan_Tenorio)
|predecessor  = [Jesus Camacho Borja](/source/Jesus_Borja)
|successor    = [Diego Tenorio Benavente](/source/Diego_Benavente)
|office2      = [President of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate](/source/List_of_presidents_of_the_Senate_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands)
|term_start2  = January 10, 1994
|term_end2    = January 12, 1998
|predecessor2 = Juan S. Demapan
|successor2   = [Paul Atalig Mangloña](/source/Paul_Manglona)
|birth_name   = Jesus Rosario Sablan
|birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1952|4|16}}
|birth_place  = [Saipan](/source/Saipan), [Mariana Islands](/source/Mariana_Islands), [Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands](/source/Trust_Territory_of_the_Pacific_Islands)
|death_date   = 
|death_place  = 
|party        = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(Northern_Mariana_Islands))
|profession   = 
|spouse       = 
|footnotes    = 
}}

'''Jesus Rosario "Pepero" Sablan'''<ref name="McPhetres 1999">{{cite journal|last=McPhetres|first=Samuel F.|title=Year in Review: Northern Mariana Islands|journal=[The Contemporary Pacific](/source/The_Contemporary_Pacific)|date=Spring 1999|volume=11|number=1|page=197|access-date=December 2, 2025|issn=1043-898X|publisher=[Center for Pacific Islands Studies](/source/Center_for_Pacific_Islands_Studies)|url=https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/b66e6dec-d283-402b-ab7e-9a660b670290/content|quote=The new administration of Pedro P Tenorio (Teno) and his lieutenant, Jesus C Sablan (Pepero)}}</ref> (born April 16, 1952) is a Northern Mariana Islander politician who served as the fifth [lieutenant governor of the Northern Mariana Islands](/source/lieutenant_governor_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands) from January 12, 1998, to January 14, 2002, under former [Governor](/source/Governor_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands) [Pedro Tenorio](/source/Pedro_Pangelinan_Tenorio).

Sablan ran as a Republican candidate for governor in the 2001 gubernatorial election.<ref name=cp>{{cite news|first=Samuel F.|last=McPhetres|title=Northern Mariana Islands (year in review |url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/contemporary_pacific/v015/15.1mcphetres.html |work=[Contemporary Pacific](/source/Contemporary_Pacific)|year=2003 |access-date=2010-09-11}}</ref> However, he was defeated in the Republican [primary election](/source/Partisan_primary) by [Juan Babauta](/source/Juan_Babauta), who went on to win the [general election](/source/general_election) in November 2001.<ref name=cp/> Though some observers expected Sablan to pursue a campaign for governor as an independent or a write-in candidate, Sablan ultimately withdrew from the race after the Republican primary.<ref name=cp/>

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{{s-bef|before=[Jesus Borja](/source/Jesus_Borja)}}
{{s-ttl|title=[Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands)|years=1998–2002}}
{{s-aft|after=[Diego Benavente](/source/Diego_Benavente)}}
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{{Lieutenant Governors of the Northern Mariana Islands}}

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Category:Lieutenant governors of the Northern Mariana Islands
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Category:Republican Party (Northern Mariana Islands) politicians

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