Francisco Q. Cruz is a Republican member of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate, representing the Tinian and Aguiguan district. Cruz was first elected in November 2009 and took office on January 11, 2010. Cruz has since been re-elected and has served in the Senate for more than a decade and a half, continuing into the 24th Commonwealth Legislature that convened in January 2025.1
Before running for the Senate, Cruz was a member of the Tinian Municipal Council, the local legislative body for the island municipality of Tinian and Aguiguan.
In the 24th Legislature, Cruz holds the Senate leadership post of Legislative Secretary. Cruz also chairs the Senate Committee on Rules and Procedures, Executive Appointments and Government Investigations, which handles the chamber’s internal rules, the review of executive appointments that come before the Senate, and government investigations.
