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Tom D. Kijiner is a Marshallese politician and former government minister.
Kijiner was born on 29 August 1945 in Likiep Atoll. He studied in College of Guam and University of Hawaiʻi. He worked as a teacher and school principal. He was 1974 to 1979 the representative of Likiep Atoll in Marshall Islands Congress. He was then continuously elected to Nitijela from 1979 to 2003.
Kijiner was appointed into several cabinet positions: Minister of Education from 1979 to 1984, Minister of Finance from 1984 to 1988, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1988 to 1994 and Minister of Health and Environment from 1994 to 1999. Later he received diplomatic duties as ambassdor-at-large from 2007 to 2009, and in 2012 he was appointed as the ambassador to Japan.
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- Tom Kijiner
- List of foreign ministers in 1990
- List of foreign ministers in 1992
- List of foreign ministers in 1993
- List of foreign ministers in 1994
- List of foreign ministers in 1991
- Minister of Foreign Affairs (Marshall Islands)
- 1979 Marshallese general election
- List of foreign ministers in 1989
- 2003 Marshallese general election
