Masao Nakayama
Masao Nakayama | |
|---|---|
| Federated States of Micronesia Ambassador to Japan | |
| In office 1989–1997 | |
| President | John Haglelgam Bailey Olter Jacob Nena |
| Preceded by | No one (post created) |
| Succeeded by | Alik Alik |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1941 Chuuk, South Seas Mandate |
| Died | November 13, 2011 (aged 70) Nevada, United States |
Masao Nakayama (中山 利生, Nakayama Masao, 1941 – November 13, 2011)[1] was a politician and diplomat of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).
Born in
Onoun, Nakayama was the younger brother of FSM's first president, Tosiwo Nakayama.[2][3] In 1968, Nakayama was elected a member of the Truk District Legislature. In 1969, he was elected to the Congress of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. After Micronesian independence, Nakayama was the Chief of International Affairs in the Foreign Affairs Department of the FSM from 1980 to 1989.[2]
From 1989 to 1997, Nakayama was the ambassador of FSM to
Permanent Representative of FSM to the United Nations in New York City
.
Nakayama was married to Serlyn Nakayama, with seven children.
He died at the age of 70 in a Nevada hospital days after a stroke.[4]
Notes
- ^ ファルカム・ミクロネシア連邦大統領非公式訪日（概要と評価）, January 29, 2002, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
- ^ a b Nakayama as Ambassador to Japan (p. 4/12) Archived 2009-03-26 at the Wayback Machine: The National Union, Volume 10, Number 12, December 1989
- ^ Look Japan, volume 39,–issue 445–-–volume 40,–issue 465, Publisher Look Japan, Ltd., 1993, p. 37
- ^ "A Resolution expressing sadness and condolences of the Seventeenth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia at the passing of Masao Nakayama ..." Archived 2012-04-06 at the Wayback Machine, 2nd Special Session of the Seventeenth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia, 2011-11-18.
References
- New Permanent Representative of Federated States of Micronesia Presents Credentials", UN Press Release, UN Doc. BIO/3147, 1998-03-13
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