Mayor Nishma Jamore Memorial Pagel

Mayor Nishma Jamore JULY 7, 1973-AUGUST 17, 2015 Mayor Jamore on Majuro Atoll, 2011	Born on Majuro Atoll in 1973, Nishma Jamore was 42 years old when he passed away in Guam on August 17, 2015 from complications from a severe heart attack and chronic kidney issues. He is survived by his wife Annette Note and 4 children. He graduated from Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Olney, MD. He attended college in Oregon at Portland State and Pioneer Pacific College. Mayor Jamore first won a Council seat from Kili Island at the age of 26 in 1999 and served for 8 years until 2007. He won the Mayor seat for Bikini at the age of 38 in 2011. He was known for his creative approach to government as he started several programs for the people of Bikini, including the Dartmouth volunteer teaching program, a life insurance program, and several other initiatives for the people of Bikini Atoll, including initiating the most recent resolutions asking the US government to help move the people of Bikini off Kili Island which now gets inundated by the sea each year during the King Tides. Mayor Jamore was buried on the evening of August 29, 2015 in Rita Village, Majuro Atoll. Several thousand people attended the service.
	Mayor Jamore at his high school graduation in Maryland.
	Leading the hearing on resolutions 2015-46 and 2015-54 on Kili Island concerning the Bikinians desire to move from Kili Island because of climate change issues. June 2015
	Leading the hearing on resolutions 2015-46 and 2015-54 on Ejit Island concerning the Bikinians desire to move from Kili Island because of climate change issues. June 2015
	L to R: Trust Liaison Jack Niedenthal, Hon. Mayor Nishma Jamore, Hon. Councilman Roger Joel, Hon. Senator Kessai Note in Washington, DC. 2014
	L to R: Trust Liaison Jack Niedenthal, Hon. U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Hon. Senator Tomaki Juda, Hon. Mayor Nishma Jamore in Washington, DC. 2012
	The Funeral of Hon. Mayor Nishma Jamore, August 29, 2015, Rita Village, Majuro Atoll
	The Funeral of Hon. Mayor Nishma Jamore, August 29, 2015, Rita Village, Majuro Atoll
	The Funeral of Hon. Mayor Nishma Jamore, August 29, 2015, Rita Village, Majuro Atoll
	The erac of Hon. Mayor Nishma Jamore, September 1, 2015, Rita Village, Majuro Atoll. Simon Jamore, his father, addressing the audience.
	The erac of Hon. Mayor Nishma Jamore, September 1, 2015, Rita Village, Majuro Atoll. Annette Note Jamore, his wife, addressing the audience.

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