Jacob Nena

{{short description|Micronesian politician (1941–2022)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = His Excellency | name = Jacob Nena | image = Jacob Nena portrait.jpg | office1 = 4th President of Micronesia | term_start1 = 8 May 1997 | term_end1 = 11 May 1999<br><small>Acting: 8 November 1996 – 8 May 1997</small> | vice_president1 = Leo Falcam | predecessor1 = Bailey Olter | successor1 = Leo Falcam | office2 = 4th Vice President of Micronesia | term_start2 = 11 May 1991 | term_end2 = 8 November 1996 | president2 = Bailey Olter | predecessor2 = Hiroshi Ismael | successor2 = Leo Falcam | office3 = Governor of Kosrae | term_start3 = 1 January 1979 | term_end3 = 3 January 1983 | deputy3 = Yosiwo George<br>Kan Sigrah | predecessor3 = ''Position Established'' | successor3 = Yosiwo George | birth_date = {{birth date|1941|10|10|df=y}} | birth_place = Lelu, South Seas Mandate | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|7|6|1941|10|10|df=y}} | death_place = Sacramento, California, U.S. | party = Independent | spouse = Lerina Nena | alma_mater = University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa }}

'''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">{{cite web |author=Embassy of the Federated States of Micronesia in Washington, D.C |title=In Memoriam: The Honorable Jacob Nena – FSM Embassy |date=7 July 2022 |url=https://fsmembassy.fm/in-memoriam-the-honorable-jacob-nena/}}</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>{{Cite web |date=12 May 1997 |title=Nena Sworn into FSM Presidency |url=https://www.fsmgov.org/press/pr051317.htm |access-date=9 July 2022 |website=www.fsmgov.org}}</ref> Nena died in Sacramento, California on 6 July 2022 at the age of 80.<ref>[https://www.cfsm.gov.fm/ifile/22nd%20Congress/RESOLUTIONS/CR_22-140.pdf Congressional Resolution 22-140]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Richard |date=6 July 2022 |title=In Memoriam: The Honorable Jacob Nena |url=https://gov.fm/index.php/component/content/article/35-pio-articles/news-and-updates/620-in-memoriam-the-honorable-jacob-nena?Itemid=177 |access-date=8 July 2022 |website=gov.fm}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080414174508/http://www.fsmpio.fm/former_presidents.htm Official biography]

{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{succession box|title=President of the Federated States of Micronesia|before=Bailey Olter|after=Leo Falcam|years=8 May 1997 – 1999}} {{s-end}}

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