What is Amata Kabua?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Amata Kabua |image = Amata Kabua MH.jpg |order = [[President of the Marshall Islands]] |vicepresident = |term_start = November 17, 1979 |term_end = December 20, 1996 |predecessor = Office created |successor = [[Kunio Lemari]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1928|11|17}} |birth_place = [[Jaluit Atoll]], [[Marshall Islands]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1996|12|20|1928|11|17}} |death_place = [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]], U.S. |spouse = [[Emlain Kabua]] |party = Independent }} '''Amata Kabua''' (November 17, 1928 – 20 December 1996) was a Marshallese politician. He was the first [[President of the Marshall Islands|President]] of the [[Marshall Islands]] from 1979 to 1996. Kabua died in office after a long illness, on December 20, 1996, in [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]], aged 68.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/briefing/press_statements/9612/961220ps1.html|title=96/12/20 Statement: Death of Marshall Islands President Amata Kabua|work=uic.edu|access-date=12 December 2016|archive-date=16 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716202127/http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/briefing/press_statements/9612/961220ps1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html|title=Amata Kabua, 68, President Of Marshall Islands, Is Dead|first=Wolfgang|last=Saxon|date=26 December 1996|access-date=12 December 2016|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kabua, Amata}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:1996 deaths]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Hawaii]] [[Category:Presidents of the Marshall Islands]]