{{Short description|President of Federated States of Micronesia (1933–1999)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = His Excellency | name = Bailey Olter | image = File:Bailey Olter.jpg | caption = Olter in 1960 | order = 3rd President of the Federated States of Micronesia | term_start = May 11, 1991 | term_end = November 8, 1996 | vice_president = Jacob Nena | predecessor = John Haglelgam | successor = Jacob Nena | order2 = 2nd Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia | term_start2 = May 11, 1983 | term_end2 = May 11, 1987 | president2 = Tosiwo Nakayama | predecessor2 = Petrus Tun | successor2 = Hiroshi Ismael | birth_date = {{birth date|1932|3|27}} | birth_place = Mokil Atoll, Pohnpei, South Seas Mandate, Empire of Japan | death_date = {{death date and age|1999|2|16|1932|3|27}} | death_place = Kolonia, Pohnpei | constituency = | party = | spouse = Amalia Nanpei Olter | children = | profession = | signature = | footnotes = }} '''Bailey Olter''' (March 27, 1932 – February 16, 1999) was a Micronesian political figure. He was elected to the Senate of Micronesian Congress from Ponape district.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0019/4520735.pdf|title=Document. Personnel - Johnston, Edward (1)|website=Ford Library Museum|access-date=20 June 2023}}</ref> He served as Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia from 1983 to 1987,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fsmpio.fm:80/former_presidents.htm|title=former.htm|date=Apr 14, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414174508/http://www.fsmpio.fm/former_presidents.htm|accessdate=Dec 20, 2020|archive-date=April 14, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> and as the third president of the Federated States of Micronesia from 1991 to 1996.
He was re-elected president in the March 1995 presidential election.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1995 |title=Election Watch |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/697480 |journal=Journal of Democracy |volume=6 |issue=3 |issn=1086-3214}}</ref> He suffered a stroke in July 1996 ending his capacity to carry out his office; his Vice President Jacob Nena served the last year of his term.
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==External links== *{{Commons-inline}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030148/http://www.fsmpio.fm/BIO/former%20presidents_vice/president_olter_bio.htm Official biography] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140830080503/http://archives.pireport.org/archive/1999/february/02-18-01.html Third FSM president Bailey Olter dies.]
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