Jacob Nena Explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Jacob Nena
Office1:President of Micronesia
Term Start1:8 May 1997
Term End1:11 May 1999
Acting: 8 November 1996 – 8 May 1997
Vicepresident1:Leo Falcam
Predecessor1:Bailey Olter
Successor1:Leo Falcam
Office2:Vice President of Micronesia
Term Start2:11 May 1991
Term End2:8 November 1996
President2:Bailey Olter
Predecessor2:Hiroshi Ismael
Successor2:Leo Falcam
Office3:Governor of Kosrae
Term Start3:1 January 1979
Term End3:3 January 1983
Deputy3:Yosiwo George
Kan Sigrah
Predecessor3:Position Established
Successor3:Yosiwo George
Birth Date:10 October 1941
Birth Place:Lelu, South Seas Mandate
Death Place:Sacramento, California, U.S.
Party:Independent
Spouse:Lerina Nena
Alma Mater:University of Hawaii

Jacob Nena (10 October 1941 – 6 July 2022) was a Micronesian politician who served as the fourth President of the Federated States of Micronesia from 1996 to 1999.

Nena was born in Lelu, Kosrae. He graduated with a BA from the College of Guam and later graduated with an MA degree from University of Hawaii at Manoa.[1] He served as deputy district administrator of Kosrae from 1970 to 1977. He became the first elected Governor of Kosrae from 1979 to 1983.

Nena served as Vice President under Bailey Olter from 1991; after Olter suffered a stroke in July 1996, Nena took over as acting president on 8 November of that year and was sworn in as president on 8 May 1997, serving out the remaining two years of Olter's term.[2] Nena died in Sacramento, California on 6 July 2022 at the age of 80.[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Embassy of the Federated States of Micronesia in Washington, D.C . In Memoriam: The Honorable Jacob Nena – FSM Embassy .
  2. Web site: 12 May 1997 . Nena Sworn into FSM Presidency . 9 July 2022 . www.fsmgov.org.
  3. https://www.cfsm.gov.fm/ifile/22nd%20Congress/RESOLUTIONS/CR_22-140.pdf Congressional Resolution 22-140
  4. Web site: Clark . Richard . 6 July 2022 . In Memoriam: The Honorable Jacob Nena . 8 July 2022 . gov.fm.