Ambilos Iehsi Explained

Ambilos Iehsi
Office1:Secretary of Resources and Development
Term1:1979–1981
Office2:Member of the TTPI Senate
Term2:1969–1979
Predecessor2:Hirosi Ismael
Constituency2:Ponape
Office3:Member of the TTPI House of Representatives
Term3:1967–1968
Predecessor3:Max Iriarte
Successor3:Heinrich Iriarte
Constituency3:13th District Ponape
Birth Date:1935
Birth Place:Pingelap, South Seas Mandate
Death Date:14 March 1981 (aged 45)
Death Place:Pohnpei, Micronesia

Ambilos Iehsi (1935 – 14 March 1981) was a Micronesian politician. He served as a member of the House of Representatives and Senate of the Congress of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands between 1967 until 1979, and then as Secretary of Resources and Development of the Federated States of Micronesia.

Biography

Born on Pingelap in 1935, Iehsi studied at the College of Guam and later also graduated from the University of Hawaii with a BA in political science in 1965.[1] He worked as a teacher, becoming dean of students at Pacific Islands Central School, and subsequently as a political affairs officer for Ponape district.

During the first term of the TTPI Congress he was an interpreter for Max Iriarte, the member of the House of Representatives for the 13th District (Ponape). When Iriate stood down prior to the 1966 elections, Iehsi was elected in his place.[2] [3] Following the elections, he was elected floor leader of the House.[4]

Although he lost his seat to Heinrich Iriarte in the 1968 elections, he successfully contested the January 1969 by-election for the vacant Ponape seat in the Senate, left empty by the resignation of Hirosi Ismael.[5] He was re-elected to the Senate in 1970,[6] and in January 1973 he was elected floor leader of the Senate.[7] He was re-elected in the 1974 elections, after which he was re-elected as floor leader.[8] In January 1977 he was elected vice president of the Senate.[9]

Following the establishment of the Federated States of Micronesia in 1979, he became Secretary of Resources and Development under President Tosiwo Nakayama. He died in Pohnpei hospital on 14 March 1981 at the age of 45.[10] His funeral was attended by around 5,000 people, with five days of national mourning were proclaimed from 15 to 19 March.[10]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.pacificdigitallibrary.org/cgi-bin/pdl?e=q-000off-pdl--00-2--0--010-TE--4-------0-1l--10en-50---20-text-ieshi--00-3-1-00bySR-0-0-000utfZz-8-00&a=d&c=pdl&srp=0&srn=0&cl=search&d=HASH015f8ec63d88f9832e0a2b72.6 Biographies of Ten Congressmen-Elect
  2. http://www.pacificdigitallibrary.org/cgi-bin/pdl?e=q-000off-pdl--00-2--0--010-TE--4-------0-1l--10en-50---20-text-ieshi--00-3-1-00bySR-0-0-000utfZz-8-00&a=d&c=pdl&srp=0&srn=0&cl=search&d=HASH015f8ec63d88f9832e0a2b72.4 Political Scoreboard
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=EHX2SMi0hRQC&pg=RA2-PA151 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=lt8LOQdsvYcC&pg=PP331 Press Releases
  5. https://books.google.com/books?id=GV4VQCjUAYoC&pg=RA13-PA42 Ponape
  6. https://books.google.com/books?id=_MlGAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA3 Congress of Micronesia Election Results
  7. https://books.google.com/books?id=_MlGAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA28-PA3 Congress Opens Sessions on Saipan
  8. https://books.google.com/books?id=UspGAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA1 First Session of the Sixth Congress Convenes
  9. https://books.google.com/books?id=UspGAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA26-PA3 COM Organizes, Elects Officers
  10. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-342060542/view?partId=nla.obj-342094254#page/n73/mode/1up Ambilos Iehsi