Bailey Olter (27 March 1932,
Mwoakilloa
Mwoakilloa (or Mokil previously named Wellington Island or Duperrey Island, after Louis Isidore Duperrey) is an inhabited atoll in the central Pacific Ocean. Geographically, it belongs to the Caroline Islands and is a district of the outlying isl ...
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Pohnpei
Pohnpei "upon (''pohn'') a stone altar (''pei'')" (formerly known as Ponape or Ascension, Proto-Chuukic-Pohnpeic: ''*Fawo ni pei)'' is an island of the Senyavin Islands which are part of the larger Caroline Islands group. It belongs to Pohnpei ...
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Federated States of Micronesia
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– 16 February 1999) was a
Micronesia
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n
political figure
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. He was elected to the
Senate of Micronesian Congress from Ponape district. He served as
Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia
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from 1983 to 1987,
and as the third
president of the Federated States of Micronesia
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from 1991 to 1996. He suffered a stroke in July 1996 ending his capacity to carry out his office; his Vice President
Jacob Nena
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 gratuated with a BA from the College of G ...
served the last year of his term.
References
Official biography
1932 births
1999 deaths
People from Pohnpei State
Presidents of the Federated States of Micronesia
Vice presidents of the Federated States of Micronesia
University of Hawaiʻi alumni
Members of the Congress of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Members of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia
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