Alvin Jacklick (born 1949) is a Marshallese politician and government minister. In the late 1980s he was elected mayor of Ebeye , at a time when he was described as a "young radical". He was involved in the projects of the Kwajalein Atoll Development Corporation. Jacklick was the Speaker of Nitijela , the Marshallese Parliament, from 2010 to 2011.
4-585: In the 2015 general election Jacklick was elected to the Legislature of the Marshall Islands for Kwajalein . In January 2016 he was narrowly defeated in his bid for the Presidency of the Marshall Islands by Casten Nemra by a 17–16 vote. He has also been involved with diplomatic relations with Taiwan . He was Foreign Minister from 2000 to 2001. In 2014 he was one of the outspoken Marshallese senators against
8-481: Is not listed on the ballots. The results are not reported by party affiliation. The Inter-Parliamentary Union reported that 23 out of the 33 elected senators are said to belong to Kien Eo Am (KEA). However, Marianas Variety reported that neither the KEA nor the group supporting President Christopher Loeak had won a majority, and that a group of six independents controlled the balance of power. Many prominent members of
12-515: The formerly ruling party Aelon̄ Kein Ad (AKA), including half the cabinet members, lost their seats. The number of female senators went up from one to three, a record high. On 4 January 2016 the Legislature elected Casten Nemra as president by a margin of one vote. However, he was dismissed two weeks later after a parliamentary no confidence vote ended 21–12 in favour. On 27 January 2016, a second election
16-615: The nomination of an ex-Lebanese general as envoy to UNESCO . This article about a Marshall Islands politician is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2015 Marshallese general election Donald Capelle Kenneth Kedi General elections were held in the Marshall Islands on 16 November 2015. The 33 members of the Legislature were elected in 19 single-member constituencies and five multi-member constituencies of between two and five seats. The votes are cast for persons, not parties, and party membership
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