Aren Palik is a

Micronesia Micronesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, consisting of about 2,000 small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It has a close shared cultural history with three other island regions: the Philippines to the west, Polynesia to the east, and ...

political figure A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

. He has been

Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia The vice president of Federated States of Micronesia is the second highest position in Federated States of Micronesia. The vice president is elected by the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia from among the at-large members for a four ...

from September 2022. Palik graduated from Eastern Oregon State College in 1982. He has worked in the financial sector in

. He was the CEO of Pacific Islands Development Bank at the time when he was elected to the

Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia The Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia has 14 non-partisan members: ten members elected for a two-year term in ten single-seat constituencies and four members elected for a four-year term, one from each state at-large. Speakers of th ...

in 2019. In the Congress he represented the State of

Kosrae Kosrae ( ), formerly known as Kusaie or Strong's Island, is an island in the Federated States of Micronesia. The State of Kosrae is one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia, and includes the main island of Kosrae and a few near ...

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Living people People from Kosrae Vice presidents of the Federated States of Micronesia Members of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia Eastern Oregon University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{Micronesia-politician-stub