# Bailey Olter

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{{Short description|President of Federated States of Micronesia (1933–1999)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix    = [His Excellency](/source/His_Excellency)
| name                = Bailey Olter
| image               = File:Bailey Olter.jpg
| caption             = Olter in 1960
| order               = 3rd [President of the Federated States of Micronesia](/source/President_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia)
| term_start          = May 11, 1991
| term_end            = November 8, 1996
| vice_president        = [Jacob Nena](/source/Jacob_Nena)
| predecessor         = [John Haglelgam](/source/John_Haglelgam)
| successor           = Jacob Nena
| order2              = 2nd [Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia](/source/Vice_President_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia)
| term_start2         = May 11, 1983
| term_end2           = May 11, 1987
| president2          = [Tosiwo Nakayama](/source/Tosiwo_Nakayama)
| predecessor2        = [Petrus Tun](/source/Petrus_Tun)
| successor2          = [Hiroshi Ismael](/source/Hiroshi_Ismael)
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1932|3|27}}
| birth_place         = [Mokil Atoll](/source/Mokil_Atoll), [Pohnpei](/source/Pohnpei), [South Seas Mandate](/source/South_Seas_Mandate), [Empire of Japan](/source/Empire_of_Japan)
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1999|2|16|1932|3|27}}
| death_place         = [Kolonia](/source/Kolonia), [Pohnpei](/source/Pohnpei)
| constituency        = 
| party               = 
| spouse              = Amalia Nanpei Olter
| children            = 
| profession          = 
| signature           = 
| footnotes           = 
}}
'''Bailey Olter''' (March 27, 1932 &ndash; February 16, 1999) was a [Micronesia](/source/Federated_States_of_Micronesia)n [political figure](/source/political_figure). He was elected to the [Senate of Micronesian Congress](/source/Congress_of_the_Trust_Territory_of_the_Pacific_Islands) 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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Jacob_Nena) served the last year of his term.

==References==
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==External links==
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*[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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