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Camacho served as a member of the
Marianas Political Status Commission from 1972 until 1976. The commission, led by chairman Edward D.L.G. Pangelinan, negotiated the Commonwealth Covenant, which established the present political union with the United States. Camacho signed the Covenant on February
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In 1998, Camacho partnered with two of his children, Lillian and Julie, to open Bencam
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University Student Exchange, also called the Wakai Neko Nekai, which created cultural exchanges between students from Japan and the Northern Mariana Islands.
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on April 5, 1929. He began his political career as a member of the Saipan
Municipal Legislature. He went on to serve as the speaker of the Municipal Legislature from 1970 until 1975.
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Vicente T. Camacho died on
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