{"id":272,"date":"2011-02-15T21:12:14","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T21:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pt.bluedlabs.com\/?page_id=272"},"modified":"2026-10-06T18:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T18:37:00","slug":"lt-governor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.passamaquoddy.com\/?page_id=272","title":{"rendered":"Vice Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span id=\"ba9e6ddf-000f-456d-97a7-3956310556cb\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">Leptanet<\/span>, or Vice Chief, is the second in command of the executive arm of the tribal government.&nbsp; In such capacity, the Leptanent balances and augments the authority of the Sakom to institute the policies of the Tribal Council.&nbsp; When the Tribal Chief is absent, incapacitated, or must recuse themselves due to a conflict of interest, the Vice Chief assumes the powers of the Sakom to care for the interests of the Passamaquoddy people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vice Chief Joseph Socobasin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Elected 10\/1\/2022 through 9\/30\/2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reelected 10\/01\/2026 &#8211; 09\/30\/2030<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leptanet, or Vice Chief, is the second in command of the executive arm of the tribal government.&nbsp; In such capacity, the Leptanent balances and augments the authority of the Sakom to institute the policies of the Tribal Council.&nbsp; When the Tribal Chief is absent, incapacitated, or must recuse themselves due to a conflict of interest, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.passamaquoddy.com\/?page_id=272\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vice Chief<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":36,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-272","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.passamaquoddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.passamaquoddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.passamaquoddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.passamaquoddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.passamaquoddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.passamaquoddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/272\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.passamaquoddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.passamaquoddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}