Felix P. Camacho
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The Honorable Felix Perez Camacho |
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| 7th Governor of Guam | |
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In office January 6, 2003 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Lieutenant |
Michael Cruz (2007–2011) Kaleo Moylan (2003–2007) |
| Preceded by | Carl Gutierrez |
| Succeeded by | Eddie Baza Calvo |
| Senator of the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 26th Guam Legislature | |
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In office January 4, 1993 – January 6, 2003 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Felix James Perez Camacho October 30, 1957 Camp Zama, Japan |
| Political party | Republican Party of Guam |
| Spouse(s) | Joann Gumataotao Camacho |
| Alma mater | Marquette University |
| Profession | Software executive |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Felix James Pérez Camacho (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 Republican Party of Guam.
Camacho was born in Camp Zama, a U.S. military base in Japan, to Carlos Camacho and Lourdes Perez. He was raised in Tamuning, Guam and was educated in the Catholic school system. Camacho's father became Guam's last appointed governor in 1969 and first elected governor in 1971. Camacho then received a degree in business administration and finance in 1980 from Marquette University.
Camacho has held positions with Pacific Financial Corporation as an insurance manager and with IBM as an account administrator. In March 1988, Governor Joseph Franklin 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.
In 1998, Camacho was the running mate of Joseph Ada in the hotly contested gubernatorial campaign. Their loss resulted in Camacho's absence from public office for the next two years. Having won in the 2000 legislative election, Camacho returned to the legislature and regained his chairmanship, as well as the position of assistant majority leader.
Camacho-Moylan went on to defeat Speaker Antonio "Tony" Unpingco in the Republican primary election on August 31, 2002 and ran against Guam Delegate Congressman Robert A. Underwood and his running mate, Senator Thomas "Tom" C. Ada for general election. In 2002, Camacho teamed up with fellow senator Kaleo Moylan to run for Guam's governor and lieutenant governor and defeated Democratic contenders of the Underwood-Ada Campaign.
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