Yosiwo Palikkun George (24 July 1941 – 13 August 2022) was a Micronesian politician,

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 ...

in the 19th (2015–2019) and 20th (2019–2022) terms of congress, under the presidencies of

Peter M. Christian Peter Martin Christian (born 16 October 1947) is a Micronesian politician who served as the 8th President of the Federated States of Micronesia, from 11 May 2015 to 11 May 2019. Peter Martin Christian was among the first fourteen persons to be e ...

and David W. Panuelo.

Biography

George was born in Kosrae. He studied in the Universities of Guam and Hawaii and graduated in 1969. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Kosrae from 1979 to 1980, and then director of the Department of Social Services which oversaw the education, health and social services systems of Micronesia. George served as

Governor of Kosrae The office of the Governor of Kosrae is the highest position in the state of Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia The Federated States of Micronesia (; abbreviated FSM) is an island country in Oceania. It consists of four states from west ...

from January 1983 to January 1991, and later as ambassador to the United States, to Israel and to the United Nations. In 1997 George was elected to

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 ...

where he served until 2001. He was then appointed as chief justice for the Kosrae State Supreme Court until 2006. In May 2015 George was again elected to the

, and also as

. George was married to Antilise. He died from complications of

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...

in August 2022, at the age of 81.

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Yosiwo P. George 8th Vice President Federated States of Micronesia
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