- 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 inAilinglaplap ) was the President of theMarshall 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] ] OnJanuary 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 forLitokwa 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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