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Article: Northern Marianas respected 'Mr. Lee'
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- Honolulu Star - Bulletin
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- January 4, 2007
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face=+Bold; Lincoln Emeterio Delos Santos / 1954-2006face=-Bold;
Hawaii-born Lincoln Emeterio Delos Santos, a Saipan businessman and active community member and a former Republican Party officer in the Northern Marianas, died Christmas Eve at his home in Saipan. He was 52.
Known as "Mr. Lee," Delos Santos served from 2004 to 2006 as treasurer for the Republican Party of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and was elected by the party's general membership.
"He's the first non-Chamorro who actually got involved in local politics," said Juan Reyes, former Republican Party chairman who served through December.
"The community is pretty small," Reyes said. "To get somebody elected ...