| Tom D. Kijiner | |
| Office1: | Minister of Finance |
| Term Start1: | 1984 |
| Term End1: | 1988 |
| Predecessor1: | Amata Kabua |
| Successor1: | Henchi Balos |
| Birth Date: | 29 August 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Likiep Atoll |
Tom D. Kijiner is a Marshallese politician and former government minister.
Kijiner was born on 29 August 1945 in Likiep Atoll.[1] He studied in College of Guam and University of Hawaiʻi. He worked as a teacher and school principal. He was 1974 to 1979 the representative of Likiep Atoll in Marshall Islands Congress.[2] He was then continuously elected to Nitijela from 1979 to 2003.
Kijiner was appointed into several cabinet positions: Minister of Education from 1979 to 1984, Minister of Finance from 1984 to 1988, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1988 to 1994 and Minister of Health and Environment from 1994 to 1999. Later he received diplomatic duties as ambassdor-at-large from 2007 to 2009[3], and in 2012 he was appointed as the ambassador to Japan.