Kessai Note

Kessai Note

Infobox President
name = Kessai Hesa Note


order = President of the Marshall Islands
vicepresident =
term_start = 10 January 2000
term_end = 14 January 2008
predecessor = Imata Kabua
successor = Litokwa Tomeing
birth_date = birth date and age|1950|08|07|df=y
birth_place = Ailinglaplap, Ralik Chain, Marshall Islands
death_date =
death_place =
spouse = Mary Neimoj Yamamura
party = UDP
religion = Protestant

Kessai Hesa Note (born August 7, 1950 in Ailinglaplap) was the President of the Marshall Islands from 2000 to 2008.

He was elected President in 2000 by Parliament, and was the first commoner (rather than a traditional chief) to be elected to the Presidency.Giff Johnson, [http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/01/07/opposition-takes-control-of-marshall-islands-government "Opposition Takes Control Of Marshall Islands Government"] , "Pacific Magazine", January 7, 2008.] He is a member of the United Democratic Party, and was reelected by parliament in January 2004, receiving 20 votes, while Justin deBrum received 9. Note is a third-generation Japanese Marshallese Islander. [ [http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/area/marshall/cv/r_note.html ケーサイ・ノート　マーシャル諸島共和国大統領略歴] ] On January 7 2008, following the November 2007 general election, he was defeated in his bid for re-election in a vote of Parliament, receiving 15 votes against 18 for Litokwa Tomeing. [ [http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=37332 "Litokwa Tomeing becomes new Marshalls president"] , Radio New Zealand International, 7 January 2008.]

References

External links

* [http://www.rmigovernment.org/index.jsp Office of the President of the Marshall Islands (Official)]


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