Amata Kabua
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Amata Kabua (November 17, 1928 – 20 December 1996) was the first President of the Marshall Islands from 1979 to 1996 (five consecutive terms).
Amata Kabua began his career as a school teacher before becoming chief of Majuro and Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands, and later president of the Marshall Islands. He had been a principal participant in the negotiations to gain independence for the Marshall Islands. He wrote the words and music for the national anthem, Forever Marshall Islands.
Kabua is the son of a Japanese businessman and a Marshallese mother, who was the daughter of a paramount chieftain.[1] He died while president, but after a long illness, in Hawaii.
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Amata also grew up on Ebadon Island on the Kwajalein atoll.
- ^ Ron Crocombe. Asia in the Pacific Islands. University of the South Pacific, Institute of Pacific Studies. p. 113. ISBN 9820203880.
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- US Department of State announcement of his death
- National anthem
- New York Times: Amata Kabua, 68, President Of Marshall Islands, Is Dead
- Yokwe: First President Remembered on Marshall Islands President's Day
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President of the Marshall Islands 1979–1996 |
Succeeded by Kunio Lemari |
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