# John Silk

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{{Short description|Marshallese lawyer and politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name        = John Silk
| image       = File:2019-09-27 John M. Silk.jpg
| office      = [Minister in Assistance to the President](/source/Minister_in_Assistance_to_the_President_of_Marshall_Islands)
| term_start  = September 2017
| term_end    = October 2017
| president   = [Hilda Heine](/source/Hilda_Heine)
| predecessor = [Mattlan Zackhras](/source/Mattlan_Zackhras)
| successor   = [David Paul](/source/David_Paul_(politician))
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1956|09|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Kwajalein](/source/Kwajalein)
| spouse      = 
| profession  = 
| caption     = Silk in 2019
}}
'''John Silk''' (born 15 September 1956) is a Marshallese lawyer and politician who served as [Minister of Foreign Affairs](/source/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Marshall_Islands)) in the cabinet of President [Hilda Heine](/source/Hilda_Heine). 

He was born on 15 September 1956 in [Kwajalein](/source/Kwajalein).<ref name="govtbio">{{cite web |title=Office of the President :: Republic of the Marshall Islands |url=http://www.rmigovernment.org/cabinet_detail.jsp?docid=23 |date=21 June 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621013635/http://www.rmigovernment.org/cabinet_detail.jsp?docid=23 | archive-date=2011-06-21 }}</ref> He has worked as a lawyer.<ref name="govtbio" />

Silk was elected to [Nitijela](/source/Nitijela) (Marshall Islands parliament) from [Kwajalein Atoll](/source/Kwajalein_Atoll) in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |title=RMI Washington D.C. Embassy - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade |url=http://www.rmiembassyus.comcastbiz.net/index.php/about/rmi-government-leaders/minister-of-foreign-affairs |website=www.rmiembassyus.comcastbiz.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=John M. Silk {{!}} International Insurance Society |url=https://www.internationalinsurance.org/john-m-silk |website=www.internationalinsurance.org}}</ref> He was eight years as minister of resources and development in the cabinet of [Kessai Note](/source/Kessai_Note) from 2000 to 2007.<ref name="govtbio"/> He was appointed foreign minister in 2009.<ref name="govtbio" /> He was [Minister in Assistance to the President](/source/Minister_in_Assistance_to_the_President_of_Marshall_Islands) from September 2017 following the death of [Mattlan Zackhras](/source/Mattlan_Zackhras)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Letman |first1=Jon |title=The Untimely Death Of A Marshall Islands Visionary |url=https://www.civilbeat.org/2017/08/the-untimely-death-of-a-marshall-islands-visionary/ |website=Honolulu Civil Beat |language=en |date=17 August 2017}}</ref> to October 2017.

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