Michael W. Cruz

Michael W. Cruz is the eighth elected Lieutenant Governor of Guam. The son of the late Miguel de Gracia Cruz and Rosalinda Quinata, he has three children from a previous marriage, Shaunn, Mika'ele and Christine, he is currently married to Jennifer Rosario Cruz, she has a son, Christian from a previous relationship, and together they have a daughter, Taylor.

A surgeon with a bachelors degree from Walla Walla College in the state of Washington and an M.D. from Loma Linda University in California, Dr. Cruz has served the United States as a Colonel in the Guam Army National Guard where he has headed the Medical Command. He volunteered for active duty in Iraq in 2003 and 2004 as commander of the Rapid Advanced Medical Team, for which he received the Bronze Star Medal. He is also a veteran of Operation Desert Storm.

Prior to his election as Lt. Governor, he was elected to a seat in the 28th Guamanian Legislature (I Mina’ Bente Ocho na Liheslaturan Guåhan) and served as chair of the Health and Human Services Committee. He is the author of legislation addressing childhood obesity.

In addition to having served as Medivcal Director of the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority, Cruz co-founded and currently heads the Ayuda Foundation, a charity that focuses on health needs throughout the Pacific.

Cruz actively serves along with other lieutenant governors, state Senate presidents and secretaries of state from the United States' fifty-five states and territories who are first-in-line of gubernatorial succession in the National Lieutenant Governors Association.

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• http://www.guamltgovernor.org/?pg=biography

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