Vincent Aldan is an independent member of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives, representing District 1 (Saipan). Aldan, whose full name is Vincent Raymond Seman Aldan and who goes by the nickname “Kobre,” was first elected as an independent in November 2022 and took office in January 2023. That election gave independents 13 of the 20 House seats. Aldan won a second term in the 2024 general election.1
Before entering politics, Aldan spent about half of a lifetime as an enlisted member of the United States Navy and retired from the service before running for the House.
In the House, Aldan chairs the Committee on Public Utilities, Transportation and Communications, an appointment made by Speaker Edmund S. Villagomez. Aldan is also a member of the committees on Federal and Foreign Affairs, Gaming, and Ways and Means. Within the Saipan and Northern Islands Legislative Delegation, which handles local legislation for those islands, Aldan chairs the Standing Committee on Public Utilities and Communications and sits on the standing committees on gaming, judiciary and governmental operations, and ways and means.
