Francis Nuuan
Francis Nuuan | |
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Member of the Senate | |
In office 1965–1969 | |
Succeeded by | Raphael Moonfel |
Constituency | Yap |
Personal details | |
Born | 1936 Aff, Yap, South Seas Mandate |
Died | 26 December 1972 Guam |
Francis Nuuan (1936 – 26 December 1972) was a Micronesian educator and politician. He served as a member of the Senate of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands between 1965 and 1969.
Biography[]
Nuuan was born in 1936 in the village of Aff in Tomil municipality on Yap.[1] After graduating from the Pacific Islands Central School in Kolonia in 1951, he spent a year at the Territorial College of Guam before studying at the University of Hawaii for two years.[2] Returning to Micronesia, he worked a headteacher of Gaaneley School in Yap and then as a teaching supervisor.[3] He subsequently became a political and economic advisor and was appointed treasurer of the Yap District Legislature.[3] He was also a member of the Board of Education, a director of the SEA Credit Union and president of Yap Coop.[2]
Having served as a member of the , in 1965 Nuuan was elected to its successor, the Congress of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands as one of the two Senators for Yap,[4] serving until the 1968 elections when he was defeated by Raphael Moonfel. He did not actively contest the November 1972 elections, but received 250 write-in votes.[2]
Nuuan died in Guam in December 1972 after being hit by a car while walking in Barrigada.[2]
References[]
- ^ Micronesian Reporter, Volumes 12-13, p24
- ^ a b c d Former Congress Senator Francis Nuuan Dead Highlights, 1 January 1973
- ^ a b Mr F. Nuuan Pacific Islands Monthly, February 1973, p131
- ^ Annual Report of the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands to the Secretary of the Interior, Fiscal Year Ended 1965 p13
- 1936 births
- People from Yap State
- University of Guam alumni
- University of Hawaiʻi alumni
- Members of the Congress of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
- 1972 deaths