Litokwa Tomeing
| Litokwa Tomeing | |
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| President of the Marshall Islands | |
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In office 14 January 2008 – 21 October 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Kessai Note |
| Succeeded by | Ruben Zackhras (Acting) |
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14 October 1939 Wotje Atoll, Marshall Islands |
| Political party | UDP (until 2007), UPP (from 2007) |
| Spouse(s) | Arlin Tomeing. |
Iroij Litokwa Tomeing (born 14 October 1939) was the President of the Marshall Islands from January 2008 until October 2009.
Litokwa Tomeing was born on Wotje Atoll, in the Japanese administered Marshall Islands, on October 14, 1939. From 1950 until 1954, Tomeing attended the Catholic Elementary School, first in Likiep and then in Jaluit.
In 1961, Tomeing graduated from PIC High School in Pohnpei. He studied at the University of Hawaii from 1970 until 1972 on an extension program. Tomeing and his wife, Arlin, have seven children and several grandchildren.
Tomeing is a traditional chief.
He became a principal and teacher at Ebon Elementary School in 1961, and remained with the school until 1964. He then moved to Majuro, where he taught at Rita Elementary School from 1965 until 1968.
Tomeing was elected the Mayor of Wotje Atoll, his first public office. He remained in office as Mayor of Wotje from 1965 until 1969. He taught at Wotje Elementary School from 1968 until 1973, while continuing to serve as mayor. He moved back to Majuro in 1974, where he was employed at the Marshall Islands High School as the school's Media and Curriculum specialist.
Tomeing campaigned for and won a seat in the Nitijela, representing a constituency which included the Ebon Atoll, Namdrik Atoll, Kili, and Jaluit atolls. He held this seat from 1974 until 1978. In 1976, Tomeing was appointed as one the Marshallese delegates at the Federated States of Micronesia Constitutional Convention, which was held in Saipan, the Northern Mariana Islands.
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