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replacement candidate by the opposition. On 27 January 2016, as sole candidate, she received 24 votes with six abstaining and three absent from the 33 members of the Nitijeļā. Heine was sworn into office as President of the Marshall Islands on 28 January 2016. She became the first woman to hold the position.
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withdrew their support of Nemra and defected to the opposition. The decision was made after Thomas was not offered a positioned in the cabinet of Nemra. Nemra was shortly afterwards removed from office in a vote of no confidence, having been in office for only two weeks. Heine was chosen as the
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from 1975 through 1982, serving both as a classroom teacher and as a counselor. In 2000, Heine founded Women United Together Marshall Islands (WUTMI), a women's rights group. Since 2005, she had been
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missionary who married a Marshallese woman and was executed by the Japanese during World War II. She attended college in the United States where she earned her undergraduate degree at the
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since 2024, having previously served from 2016 to 2020. Prior to assuming office, she served as the Minister of Education. She was the first individual from the
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Heine is the first woman to hold the presidency of the Marshall Islands. In 2016 she was also the first female president of any
1008: 669: 640: 435: 456:, Heine was re-elected as President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands on 2 January 2024. She was sworn in the next day. 1113: 370: 538: 1380: 362: 688: 769: 342: 604: 473: 416: 1350: 809: 192: 791: 715:"Members: President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands - Her Excellency President Hilda C. Heine" 1345: 896: 867:
Marshall Islands Land Ownership and Agricultural Laws Handbook - Strategic Information and Basic Laws
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Being the president : Hilda Heine, gender and political leadership in the Marshall Islands
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with the outcome in votes being 16-16, falling short of the 17 votes needed. Heine and
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but resigned after the first day after reports surfaced that conference president
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She is a mother of four. In February 2016, she appointed two of her sons,
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H.E. Hilda C. Heine walking through the Memorial Amphitheater at
1205: 741:"Rev. Carl Heine and his legacy in the Marshall Islands honored" 1218: 472:, as cabinet ministers. Her daughter is the poet and activist 1132:"Hilda Heine sworn-in as President of the Marshall Islands" 990:"Marshalls' President Kabua's inauguration set for Monday" 950:(Press release). European Union (EEAS). 28 January 2016 632:"Hilda Heine Becomes First Women President Of The RMI" 403:. Shortly afterwards Heine along with former Minister 341:
She received an honorary doctorate in philosophy from
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would use the conference to make oil and gas deals.
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She earned a master's degree at the 8: 593: 591: 589: 379:Pacific Resources for Education and Learning 334:in 1975 and an educational doctorate at the 1366:Education ministers of the Marshall Islands 1176:Jetn̄il-Kijiner, Kathy (20 February 2014). 539:"Marshalls leadership battles end, for now" 511:Jetn̄il-Kijiner, Kathy (20 February 2014). 1361:21st-century Marshallese women politicians 1237: 1223: 1215: 693:PACNews (Pacific Islands News Association) 112:28 January 2016 – 13 January 2020 47: 31: 1152:Political Handbook of the World 2022-2023 920:"Hilda Heine elected Marshalls president" 816:. Papua New Guinea Today. 28 January 2016 665:"Hilda Heine elected Marshalls president" 423:, were the only two women elected in the 1431:Marshallese people of Australian descent 1416:Women heads of universities and colleges 1112:Huang Ya-shih; Ko Lin (2 January 2024). 503: 1401:USC Rossier School of Education alumni 870:. Lulu.com. 4 April 2013. p. 22. 415:On 12 November 2018, Heine survived a 1391:University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni 395:In January 2016 Aelon Kein Ad member 7: 1356:21st-century Marshallese politicians 1051:D'Angelo, Chris (1 December 2023). 1007:Losinio, Louella (6 January 2020). 992:. Radio New Zealand. Archived from 973:. Radio New Zealand. Archived from 1386:Presidents of the Marshall Islands 1246:Presidents of the Marshall Islands 1093:Johnson, Giff (30 December 2023). 969:Johnson, Giff (12 November 2018). 314:Heine was born on 6 April 1951 in 25: 1426:First women presidents in Oceania 1070:Folk, Zachary (1 December 2023). 1055:. Huffington Post. Archived from 988:Johnson, Giff (20 January 2020). 743:. Global Ministries. 31 July 2019 673:. 28 January 2016. 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Index

Hilda C. Heine
Her Excellency

President of the Marshall Islands
Incumbent
David Kabua
Casten Nemra
Majuro
Trust Territory of the
Pacific Islands

Marshall
Islands

Independent
Wilbur Heine
Thomas Heine
University of Oregon
BA
University of Hawaii, Manoa
MA
University of Southern
California

EdD
president of the Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands
doctoral degree
Micronesian
head of government
Oceania
Jenny Shipley
Helen Clark
Julia Gillard
Majuro Atoll
Carl Heine

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