Jose Santos Rios, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 19-Dec-1939
Date of Death: 21-Jan-2018
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Jose Santos Rios
- Jose Santos Rios (December 19, 1939 - January 21, 2018) was a Northern Mariana Islands politician and educator who served as the third Mayor of Saipan from January 8, 1982, until January 7, 1986.
- The present-day office of mayor, which governs the territorial capital, was created in 1978 following the declaration of the Northern Mariana Islands a Commonwealth in January 1978.Santos was born on December 19, 1939.
- He enlisted in the United States Army and served in the Korean War during the early 1950s.
- Santos would later join the United States Peace Corps and was stationed on the Micronesian island of Chuuk.Jose Santos Rios died on January 21, 2018, at the age of 78.
- He was survived by his wife, Emilia Rios, and their four children, Roy Rios, Marie Martinez, Remay McNally, and Joseph Rios Jr.
- Santos was given a military funeral with burial at a veterans cemetery in Washington state on February 2, 2018.
- An official memorial service was held at the Saipan Leadership Memorial Courtyard, also known as the kiosku, in Chalan Kanoa on February 23, 2018.
- Dignitaries in attendance included Governor Ralph Torres, U.S.
- Rep.
- Gregorio Sablan, Saipan Mayor David M.
- Apatang, and members of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature.
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