Lou Leon Guerrero
Guamanian politician
Lourdes Aflague "Lou" Leon Guerrero (born November 8, 1950) is a Guamanian politician and former banking executive, lobbyist, and nurse who has served as the ninth governor of Guam since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Guerrero is the first woman to serve in the position. Leon Guerrero had served in the Guam Legislature from 1995 to 1999 and again from 2001 to 2007. From 2007 to 2017, Leon Guerrero was president and CEO of the Bank of Guam.
Born and raised in Guam, Leon Guerrero received her B.S. in Nursing from Cal State Los Angeles and a MPH from the University of California, Los Angeles. Leon Guerrero worked as a nurse in California and Guam, eventually becoming president of the Guam Nurses Association. In this role, she opposed efforts to outlaw abortion on the island. Leon Guerrero won election to the Guam legislature in 1994, serving two terms before unsuccessfully running for lieutenant governor in 1998. She went onto serve in the Guam legislature again from 2001 to 2007, before leaving public service to work in the private sector until 2017.
Leon Guerrero re-entered politics to mount a campaign for governor of Guam in the 2018 gubernatorial election.
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