Jacob Nena
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Jacob Nena (10 October 1941 – 6 July 2022) was a Micronesian politician who served as the fourth President of the Federated States of Micronesia from 1996 to 1999.
Nena was born in Lelu, Kosrae. He graduated with a BA from the College of Guam and later graduated with an MA degree from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.<ref name="obituary">Template:Cite web</ref> He served as deputy district administrator of Kosrae from 1970 to 1977. He became the first elected Governor of Kosrae from 1979 to 1983.<ref name="obituary" />
Nena served as Vice President under Bailey Olter from 1991;<ref name="obituary" /> after Olter suffered a stroke in July 1996, Nena took over as acting president on 8 November of that year and was sworn in as president on 8 May 1997, serving out the remaining two years of Olter's term.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Nena died in Sacramento, California on 6 July 2022 at the age of 80.<ref>Congressional Resolution 22-140Template:Dead link Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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- 1941 births
- 2022 deaths
- Presidents of the Federated States of Micronesia
- Vice presidents of the Federated States of Micronesia
- Members of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia
- Governors of Kosrae
- People from Kosrae
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni
- People from the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands