Namo Hermios Explained

Office1:Member of the Marshall Islands Legislature
Term1:–1981
Successor1:Charles Domnick
Constituency1:First District (–1979)
Maloelap Atoll (1979–1981)
Office2:Member of the TTPI House of Representatives
Term2:1965–1968
Successor2:Charles Domnick
Constituency2:Marshalls 4th District
Death Date:27 March 1981 (aged 53)[1]
Death Place:Majuro, Marshall Islands

Iroij Namo Hermios (died 27 March 1981) was a Marshallese chief and politician. He served as a member of the House of Representatives of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands between 1965 and 1968, and as a member of the Marshall Islands Legislature until his death.

Biography

Hermios worked for the Marshall Islands Import-Export Company.[2] He became Iroij of the northern islands of the Ratak Chain,[3] and served in the House of Iroij, the upper house of the Marshallese legislature.[2]

In 1965 he was elected to the new House of Delegates of the TTPI Congress representing the Marshalls 4th District. He was re-elected in 1966, serving until the 1968 elections. He later became a member of the Marshallese Legislature and was elected vice president in 1975.[4] He was re-elected from the First District in 1978 and then from the Maloelap Atoll constituency in 1979.

He died in March 1981 shortly after returning from a trip to Hawaii for a check on his leukaemia.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://marshallislandsjournal.com/cmi-born-after-30-years/ CMI ‘born’ after 30 years
  2. http://www.pacificdigitallibrary.org/cgi-bin/pdl?e=q-000off-pdl--00-2--0--010-TE--4-------0-1l--10en-50---20-text-Hermios--00-3-1-00bySR-0-0-000utfZz-8-00&a=d&c=pdl&srp=0&srn=0&cl=search&d=HASH0e2efc189b7a34102462ce.20 Micronesian conference draws representatives from seven districts of Trust Territory
  3. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-342018894/view?partId=nla.obj-342080731#page/n97/mode/1up Iroij Namo Hermios
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=UspGAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA6-PA7 Briefly