Victor Hocog

Victor Borja Hocog (born September 11, 1953) is a Northern Marianan politician. He served as the President of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate from January 14, 2019 to January 11, 2021, and previously from January 12, 2015 to December 29, 2015. He also served as the 11th Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from December 29, 2015 to January 14, 2019.

Background and personal life Hocog lives in Rota with his wife, Villa M. Hocog.

In 2013, the Northern Mariana Islands Superior Court found Hocog and his wife Villa liable for unpaid rent on a piece of land on Rota. He was reelected in 1985. Hocog served as Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education and Welfare throughout his two-term tenure in the House of Representatives. In the 1987 election, Hocog chose to forgo running for reelection to the House and instead run to represent Rota in the CNMI Senate. He was defeated by Republican candidate Paul Manglona. In 1989, he was chosen by Froilan Cruz Tenorio to be his running mate for the 1989 gubernatorial election. Hocog also unsuccessfully ran against Prudencio T. Manglona for mayor of Rota in November 1989.

Later political career Hocog ran for mayor of Rota in 2005 In the 2007 election, Hocog was once again elected to the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives. In 2008, Hocog advocated in favor of a bill to require the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation to sell its power system for $250 million. The bill prohibited requests for proposal in the procurement process in order to prevent protests. The bill would make a foreign worker eligible if the individual had lived legally in the Northern Marianas Islands for at least five years and has good character.

Hocog supported a bill to legalize casino gaming in Saipan in 2012. The bill did not advance past the Senate. The bill would make it a crime to hack someone's profile on the internet or to create a fake profile on the internet with the intent to harm, intimidate, or attack other people. The election for Rota's two senate seats was won by Dennis C. Mendiola, a special assistant for Department of Homeland Security and Donald M. Manglona, a member of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives.

Lieutenant governor Incumbent Governor Eloy Inos died of complications after open heart surgery on December 28, 2015. In accordance with the Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands, Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands Ralph Torres became the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands and Hocog became lieutenant governor. Hocog was sworn in as lieutenant governor on December 29, 2015.