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| Affiliation | Republican |
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2007-01-01 |
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| Name | Michael W. "Mike" Cruz |
| Address |
, Guam , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
September 08, 1958
(66 years)
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| Contributor | Sarnstrom |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Jul 26, 2024 01:40am |
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Filipino - Indigenous - National Guard -
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| Info | Lieutenant Governor Michael W. Cruz, M.D. has spent his career in service to his island and his nation. As a surgeon, a Colonel in the Guam Army National Guard, a Senator in I Liheslaturan Guåhan and to his present role as the 8th elected Lieutenant Governor of Guam, he has always answered the call to serve.
While Lieutenant Governor Cruz has undertaken progressively greater levels of responsibility and leadership throughout his career, he has remained steadfast in his commitment to healing and treating people.
The Lieutenant Governor received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Walla Walla College in Washington. He graduated from the Loma Linda University School of Medicine in California in 1984. Lieutenant Governor Cruz is certified by the American Board of Surgery, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the Guam Medical Society. Throughout his medical career, the Lieutenant Governor has held various leadership positions including Medical Director at the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority.
A veteran of Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Lieutenant Governor Cruz has also served his nation directly on the front lines. As Commander of the Guam Army National Guard Medical Command, he played a significant role in providing treatment to sick and wounded soldiers. While on volunteer deployment to Iraq in 2003 and 2004, Lieutenant Governor Cruz assumed command of the elite Rapid Advanced Medical Team. In 2005, he was recognized for that period of service and awarded the Bronze Star Medal.
Lieutenant Governor Cruz’s foray into the political arena began with his election to a seat in I Mina’ Bente Ocho na Liheslaturan Guåhan. He served as Chairman of the powerful Committee on Health and Human Services, which maintained oversight of the government of Guam’s healthcare related departments and agencies and was instrumental in providing increased funding to those entities. Lieutenant Governor Cruz was also author of legislation that dealt with fighting childhood obesity, addressing Medicare and Medicaid discrepancies and expanding qualifications for the Nursing Training Scholarship. He served as Vice-Chairman of the following committees: the Committee on Natural Resources, Utilities and Micronesian Affairs and the Committee on Aviation, Immigration, Labor and Housing.
The Lieutenant Governor co-founded and currently serves as President of the Ayuda Foundation, an organization which caters to the vital health needs of islands throughout the Pacific. He has also been recognized nationally, as he is a recipient of the 2004 National Governors Award.
Lieutenant Governor Cruz is the son of the late Miguel de Gracia Cruz and Rosalinda Quinata. He is married to Jennifer Rosario Cruz and is the father of Shaunn, Mika’ele and Christine Cruz and Christian Payumo.
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