Carlos Camacho
- This article discusses the former Guam governor. For the former Northern Mariana Islands governor, see Carlos S. Camacho. For the Colombian actor, see Carlos Camacho (actor).
Carlos Garcia Camacho (November 16, 1924 – December 16, 1979) was a U.S. Republican Party politician. He served as Governor of Guam from 1969 to 1975.[1]
Camacho was born in Agana, Guam. From 1946 to 1949, he attended Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1952, he earned a D.D.S. degree from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Camacho was married to the former Lourdes Perez, and had seven children, including former Governor of Guam, Felix Perez Camacho. His only daughter Mary Camacho Torres is married to Supreme Court of Guam Chief Justice Robert Torres. Originally appointed in 1969, he became Guam's first elected governor the following year and served in that capacity until August 1975.
He died four years later on December 16, 1979, one month after his 55th birthday.
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[edit] External links
- Carlos G. Camacho entry at the National Governors Association
- Carlos Garcia Camacho entry at The Political Graveyard
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| Preceded by Manuel Flores Leon Guerrero |
Governor of Guam 1969-1975 |
Succeeded by Ricardo Bordallo |
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