Kessai Note

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

Kessai Hesa Note
3rd President of the Marshall Islands
In office
10 January 2000 – 14 January 2008
Preceded byImata Kabua
Succeeded byLitokwa Tomeing
Speaker of the Legislature
In office
1988–1999
Preceded byAtlan Anien
Succeeded byLitokwa Tomeing
Personal details
Born (1950-08-07) 7 August 1950
Ailinglaplap Atoll, Marshall Islands
Political partyUDP
Spouse(s)Mary Neimoj Yamamura

Having served as Speaker of the Nitijeļā since 1988,[1] he was elected President in 2000. Note is the first commoner, rather than an Iroijlaplap or traditional chief, to be elected to the Presidency.[2] 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.

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.[2][3]

Kessai Note (right) with U.S. Delegate Eni Faleomavaega.

Note is of Japanese-Marshallese descent, having inherited his Japanese heritage from his paternal grandfather.[4] Note's grandfather was a native of Niigata Prefecture, and settled in the Marshall Islands during the Japanese colonial era and married a Marshallese wife.[5]

Since January 2020, he has been the minister of justice.[6]

References
  1. https://rmiparliament.org/cms/component/content/article.html?id=38:senator-kenneth-kedi,-the-seventh-speaker-of-the-nitijela
  2. Giff Johnson, "Opposition Takes Control Of Marshall Islands Government" Archived 2007-06-14 at Archive.today, Pacific Magazine, January 7, 2008.
  3. "Litokwa Tomeing becomes new Marshalls president". Radio New Zealand International. 7 January 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  4. ケーサイ・ノート　マーシャル諸島共和国大統領略歴
  5. マーシャル諸島共和国大統領会談 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, Official weblog of Akiko Yamanaka, May 28, 2006
  6. https://rmiparliament.org/cms/members.html#8-minister-of-justice-honorbale-kessai-h-note
Political offices
Preceded by
Imata Kabua		 President of the Marshall Islands
2000–2008		 Succeeded by
Litokwa Tomeing


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