Eddie Baza Calvo | |
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8th Governor of Guam | |
Assumed office January 3, 2011 |
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Lieutenant | Ray Tenorio |
Preceded by | Felix Perez Camacho |
Vice Speaker of the Guam Legislature | |
In office January 1, 2007 – March 7, 2008 |
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Preceded by | Joanne Salas Brown |
Succeeded by | David Shimizu |
Personal details | |
Born |
Edward Jerome Baza Calvo August 29, 1961 Tamuning, Guam, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Christine Lujan Sonido (1987–present) |
Children | 6 |
Education | Notre Dame de Namur University (BA) |
Edward Jerome "Eddie" Baza Calvo /ˈbɑːzə ˈkælvoʊ/ (born August 29, 1961) is an American politician, the eighth and current Governor of the United States territory of Guam since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Calvo was a five-term Senator within the Legislature of Guam. He became the Governor of Guam, having defeated Democrat Carl Gutierrez in the 2010 gubernatorial election. Calvo chose Senator Ray Tenorio as his running mate for Lieutenant Governor of Guam.
Calvo was born on August 29, 1961, in Tamuning, Guam, U.S. and is the son of Governor Paul McDonald Calvo, who served as the Governor of Guam from 1979 until 1983, and former Guamanian First Lady Rosa Herrero Baza. His paternal grandparents were Eduardo Torres Calvo and Veronica Mariano McDonald Calvo, who resided in Maite, Guam. His maternal grandparents were Antonio Camacho Baza, a former United States Marshal, and Delores Cruz Herrero, who resided in Sinajana, Guam.