{{Short description|Marshallese politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Wilbur Heine | image = MH grammar (Wilbur Heine).jpeg | office1 = Minister in Assistance to the President | term_start1 = May 2014 | term_end1 = January 2016 | president1 = Christopher Loeak | predecessor1 = Tony deBrum | successor1 = David Kabua | birth_date = | death_date = | caption = Heine in 2020 }} '''Wilbur Heine''' is a Marshallese politician and government minister. From May 2014 to January 2016 he was Minister in Assistance to the President of Marshall Islands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webtv.un.org/meetings-events/watch/wilbur-heine-marshall-islands-7th-plenary-meeting/4115773581001|title=Wilbur Heine (Marshall Islands), 7th Plenary Meeting|publisher=Webtv.un.org|accessdate=4 June 2015}}</ref> In 2013 he was the Minister for Internal Affairs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unicef.org/eapro/Urban_settings_-_Marshall_Islands_statement.pdf|title=Statement by the Honorable Wilbur Heine Minister for Internal Affairs, Republic of the Marshall Islands|publisher=UNICEF|accessdate=4 June 2015}}</ref> Heine has done much work towards the environment, against climate change and disasters in the Marshall Islands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rmi-op.net/#!news-updates/c192n|title=President Christopher J. Loeak expressed support for Palau's Marine Sanctuary|publisher=Office of the President|accessdate=4 June 2015}}</ref>
In February 2016, he was appointed minister of education in the cabinet led by his mother, President Hilda Heine.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lansford |first1=Tom |title=Political Handbook of the World 2022-2023 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HpGREAAAQBAJ |publisher=CQ Press |language=en |date=27 June 2023|isbn=978-1-0718-5306-1 }}</ref>
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